Gracilocyon

Gracilocyon; Temporal range: 57.2–50.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N late Paleocene to early Eocene
	teeth of Gracilocyon solei
	teeth and lower jaw fragment of ; Gracilocyon winkleri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Gracilocyon; Smith & Smith, 2010
Type species
	†Gracilocyon winkleri; Gingerich, 1983
Species
	†G. igniculus (Beard & Dawson, 2009); †G. rosei (Heinrich, 2008); †G. rundlei (Hooker, 2010); †G. solei (Smith & Smith, 2010); †G. winkleri (Gingerich, 1983);
Synonyms
	synonyms of genus: Grucihcyon (Smith & Smith, 2010) ; synonyms of species: G. igniculus: Miacis igniculus (Beard & Dawson, 2009) ; ; G. rosei: Miacis rosei (Heinrich, 2008) ; ; G. rundlei: Miacis rundlei (Hooker, 2010) ; ; G. solei: Miacis solei (Smith & Smith, 2010) ; ; G. winkleri: Grucihcyon winkleri (Smith & Smith, 2010) ; Miacis winkleri (Gingerich, 1983) ; ;

Gracilocyon ("gracile dog") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America and Europe from the late Paleocene to the early Eocene.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Thierry Smith; Richard Smith (2010). "A new genus of 'miacid' carnivoran from the earliest Eocene of Europe and North America". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 55 (4): 761–764. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0125. S2CID 12610422.
^ K. Christopher Beard; Mary R. Dawson (2009). "Early Wasatchian Mammals of the Red Hot Local Fauna, Uppermost Tuscahoma Formation, Lauderdale County, Mississippi". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 78 (3): 193–243. doi:10.2992/007.078.0301. S2CID 86281527.
^ Heinrich, R. E.; Strait, S. G.; Houde, P. (2008). "Earliest Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from northwestern Wyoming". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (1): 154–162. Bibcode:2008JPal...82..154H. doi:10.1666/05-118.1. S2CID 35030667.
^ Jerry J. Hooker (2010). ""The mammal fauna of the early Eocene Blackheath Formation of Abbey Wood, London"". Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society. 164 (634). Palaeontographical Society: 1–162. Bibcode:2010MPalS.164....1H. doi:10.1080/25761900.2022.12131814. ISSN 0269-3445. S2CID 250702284.
^ P. D. Gingerich (1983) "Systematics of Early Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) in the Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming." Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 26(10):197-225

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Gracilocyon Temporal range: 57.2–50.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N late Paleocene to early Eocene

teeth of Gracilocyon solei

teeth and lower jaw fragment of Gracilocyon winkleri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Gracilocyon Smith & Smith, 2010^[1]
Type species
†Gracilocyon winkleri Gingerich, 1983
Species
†G. igniculus (Beard & Dawson, 2009)^[2] †G. rosei (Heinrich, 2008)^[3] †G. rundlei (Hooker, 2010)^[4] †G. solei (Smith & Smith, 2010)^[1] †G. winkleri (Gingerich, 1983)^[5]
Synonyms
synonyms of genus: Grucihcyon (Smith & Smith, 2010)^[1] synonyms of species: G. igniculus: Miacis igniculus (Beard & Dawson, 2009) G. rosei: Miacis rosei (Heinrich, 2008) G. rundlei: Miacis rundlei (Hooker, 2010) G. solei: Miacis solei (Smith & Smith, 2010) G. winkleri: Grucihcyon winkleri (Smith & Smith, 2010)^[1] Miacis winkleri (Gingerich, 1983)