Leptocyon
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Leptocyon (Greek: slender dog[1]) is a small extinct genus of canid endemic to North America during the Oligocene through Miocene living from 24.8—10.3 mya, existing for approximately 15.5 million years.[2]
Leptocyon was a small bodied, fox-like animal with a slender jaw.[3]
Taxonomy
Leptocyon was named by Matthew (1918). It was synonymized subjectively with Vulpes by Gregory (1942); it was revalidated by Webb (1969), Carroll (1988) and Munthe (1998). It was assigned to Canidae by Matthew (1918), Webb (1969), Carroll (1988) and Munthe (1998).[4][5]
Morphology
Body mass
Two specimens were examined by Legendre and Roth. Estimated body mass of these two was Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).[6]
References
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- ↑ PaleoBiology Database: Leptocyon, basic info
- ↑ Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Terrestrial animals of North America Volume 1, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate like Mammals. Christine M. Janis carnivores. Louis L. Jacobs, Kathleen Marie Scott.
- ↑ J. T. Gregory. 1942. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 26(4)
- ↑ S. D. Webb. 1969. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 78
- ↑ S. Legendre and C. Roth. 1988. Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (Mammalia). Historical Biology 1(1):85-98
