Dawsonicyon
Name:
Dawsonicyon.
Phonetic: Daw-son-e-sy-on.
Named By: M. Spaulding, J. J. Flynn
& R. K. Stucky - 2010.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia,
Carnivoramorpha.
Species: D. isami (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Roughly 72 centimetres long.
Known locations: USA, Wyoming - Bridger
Formation.
Time period: Ypresian of the Eocene.
Fossil representation: Almost complete individual.
Dawsonicyon is a genus of carnivoramorph that lived in North America during the early Eocene.
Further reading
- A new basal Carnivoramorphan (Mammalia) from the ‘Bridger B’
(Black’s Fork member, Bridger Formation, Bridgerian Nalma,
middle Eocene) of Wyoming, USA. - Palaeontology
53(4):815-832 - M. Spaulding, J. J. Flynn &
R. K. Stucky - 2010.
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