Procynodictis

Procynodictis
Temporal range: early to middle Eocene
lower jaw of Procynodictis vulpiceps
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Pan-Carnivora
Clade: Carnivoramorpha
Clade: Carnivoraformes
Genus: †Procynodictis
Wortman & Matthew, 1899
Type species
†Procynodictis vulpiceps
Wortman & Matthew, 1899
Species
  • †P. progressus (Stock, 1935)
  • †P. vulpiceps (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)
Synonyms
synonyms of genus:
  • Plesiomiacis (Simpson, 1945)
synonyms of species:
  • P. progressus:
    • Plesiomiacis progressus (Simpson, 1945)
    • Viverravus progressus (Stock, 1935)

Procynodictis ("before Cynodictis") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to middle Eocene.

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