Dormaalocyon

Name: Dormaalocyon.
Phonetic: Dor-maal-o-sy-o-don.
Named By: Floreal Sole‭ ‬-‭ 2014‬.
Synonyms: Miacis latouri.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Carnivoramorpha,‭ ‬Miacoidea.
Species: D.‭ ‬latouri‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Belgium‭ ‬-‭ ‬Tienen Formation.‭ ‬Portugal‭ ‬-‭ ‬Silveirinha Formation.
Time period: Ypresian of the Eocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of a few individuals.

       At one time described as a species of Miacis,‭ ‬Dormaalocyon is a genus of carnivoramorph mammal that lived in Europe during the Eocene.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Dental and tarsal anatomy of‭ ‘‬Miacis‭’ ‬latouri and a phylogenetic analysis of the earliest carnivoraforms‭ (‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Carnivoramorpha‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Floréal Solé, Richard Smith, Tiphaine Coillot, Eric de Bast & Thierry Smith - 2012‬.

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