Maocyon
| Maocyon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Family: | †Hyainailouridae |
| Genus: | †Maocyon Averianov et al., 2023 |
| Type species | |
| †Maocyon peregrinus Averianov et al., 2023
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Maocyon is an extinct genus of hyainailourid hyaenodont that lived in China during the Eocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus that contains the species M. peregrinus.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Averianov, Alexander; Obraztsova, Ekaterina; Danilov, Igor; Jin, Jian-Hua (27 February 2023). "A new hypercarnivorous hyaenodont from the Eocene of South China". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. doi:10.3389/fevo.2023.1076819. ISSN 2296-701X.