Simocyon

Simocyon
Temporal range: late Miocene to early Pliocene
Simocyon primigenius lower jaw at Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Paris.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ailuridae
Subfamily: †Simocyoninae
Genus: †Simocyon
Wagner, 1858
Species
  • †S. batalleri (Viret, 1929)
  • †S. diaphorus (Kaup, 1832)
  • †?S. hungaricus Kretzoi in Kadic and Kretzoi, 1927
  • †S. primigenius (type species) (Roth and Wagner, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Amphalopex Kaup, 1861
  • Araeocyon Thorpe, 1922
  • Metarctos Gaudry, 1860

Simocyon ("short-snouted dog") is a genus of extinct carnivoran mammal in the family Ailuridae. Simocyon, which was about the size of a mountain lion, lived in the late Miocene and early Pliocene epochs, and has been found in Europe, Asia, and rarely, North America[1] and Africa.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Peigne2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Howell, F. Clark; Garcia, Nuria (December 2007). "Carnivora (Mammalia) From Lemudong'o (Late Miocene: Narok District, Kenya)" (PDF). Kirtlandia. 556. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Natural History: 121–139. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-10-15.