Procynodictis

Taxobox
name = "Procynodictis"
fossil_range = ?early to late Eocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivoramorpha
familia = †Miacidae
genus = †"Procynodictis"
genus_authority = Wortman and Matthew (1899)
type_species = †"Procynodictis vulpiceps"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* †"P. progressus"
* †"P. vulpiceps"

Procynodictis is an extinct genus of Miacidae. It was first named by Wortman and Matthew in 1899, and contains two species: "P. progressus" and "P. vulpiceps". It was identified as an ancestor of "Hesperocyon".

ources

* [http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Procynodictis_vulpiceps.asp zipcodezoo.com]
* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=50460 paleodb.org]
* [http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/20/7/423.pdf www.pnas.org]
* [http://www.sdnhm.org/research/paleontology/fossildogs.html www.sdnhm.org]
*"The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America" By Donald R. Prothero, Robert J. Emry; Published 1996 Cambridge University Press; page 448. ISBN 0521433878
*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." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2