Pyrocyon ("fire dog") is an extinct genus of small carnivorous placental mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta, that lived in North America during the early Eocene. Fossils of Pyrocyon have been found in Wyoming and Colorado.[6] Weight of Pyrocyon dioctetus has been estimated at around 2.6 kilograms.[7]
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Pyrocyon
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| parts of upper and lower jaws of Pyrocyon strenuus |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Mammalia |
| Order: |
†Hyaenodonta |
| Genus: |
†Pyrocyon
Gingerich & Deustch, 1989 |
| Type species |
†Pyrocyon dioctetus
Gingerich & Deustch, 1989 |
| Species |
- †P. dioctetus (Gingerich & Deustch, 1989)[1]
- †P. strenuus (Cope, 1875)[2]
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| Synonyms |
- Pirocyon (Lavrov, 1999)[3]
- Prototomus strenuus (Cope, 1875)
- Stypolophus aculeatus (Cope, 1881)
- Stypolophus hians (Cope, 1877)
- Stypolophus strenuus (Cope, 1880)
- Stypolophus whiteae (Cope, 1882)[4]
- Stypolophus whitiae (Cope, 1882)
- Sinopa aculeata (Matthew, 1899)
- Sinopa hians (Matthew, 1901)
- Sinopa strenua (Matthew, 1899)
- Sinopa strenuus (Matthew, 1901)
- Sinopa whitiae (Cope, 1882)
- Tritemnodon hians (Van Valen, 1965)[5]
- Tritemnodon strenua (Van Valen, 1965)
- Tritemnodon strenuus (Van Valen, 1965)
- Tritemnodon whitiae (Matthew, 1906)
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