Synoplotherium

Synoplotherium Temporal range: Eocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Synoplotherium vorax skeleton, Yale.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Mesonychia
Family:	Mesonychidae
Genus:	Synoplotherium
Species
S. vorax

Synoplotherium (also known as "Dromocyon") is an extinct genus of relatively small, wolf-like mesonychids that lived 50 million years ago, in what is now Wyoming.^[1]

Synoplotherium vorax

Synoplotherium was related to, coexisted, and possibly competed with the larger Mesonyx.

References

1. ^ http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/S/Synoplotherium_vorax/