- Carpocyon
Taxobox
name = "Carpocyon"
fossil_range =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Carnivoramorpha
familia = †Borophaginae
genus = † "Carpocyon"
genus_authority = Webb, 1969
type_species = † "Carpocyon webbi"
binomial = † "Carpocyon webbi"
binomial_authority = Webb, 1969Carpocyon is an extinct genus of
Borophaginae . It contains four species: "C. compressus", "C. limosus", "C. robustus", and "C. webbi", and was named by Webb in 1969. Carpocyon is an example of anomnivorous "Borophaginae". It was between the size of ajackal and a smallwolf .ources
* [http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Carpocyon_Genus.asp zipcodezoo.com]
* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=41199&is_real_user=0 paleodb.org]
*"The Biology and Conservation of Wild Canids" By David W. Macdonald, and Claudio Sillero-Zubiri ISBN 0198515553
*Flynn, J.J., 1998. Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"). pp.110-123 "in" C.M. Janis, K.M. Scott, and L.L. Jacobs ("eds.") "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2
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