Nurocyon

Nurocyon
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Nurocyon¹
Fossil range: Early Pliocene

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Subfamily:	Caninae
Genus:	†Nurocyon Sotnikova, 2006
Species:	†N. chonokhariensis

Binomial name

†Nurocyon chonokhariensis
Sotnikova, 2006

Nurocyon chonokhariensis ("Chonokhariakh lake dog"), the only species in the genus Nurocyon is an extinct member of the dog family (Canidae) from the Pliocene of Mongolia. The teeth of Nurocyon show adaptations to an omnivorous diet, comparable to the living Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides). The overall structure of the skull and dentition of Nurocyon are intermediate between the living genus Canis (dogs, wolves, and jackals) and the more primitive Eucyon.¹

References

^ ^a ^b Sotnikova, M. (2006). "A new canid Nurocyon chonokhariensis gen. et sp. nov.(Canini, Canidae, Mammalia) from the Pliocene of Mongolia". COURIER-FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT SENCKENBERG 256: 11, http://quarter.ginras.ru/personal/sotnikova/docs/sotnikova2006b.pdf. Retrieved on 4 May 2008.

v • d • e Extinct members of the family Canidae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Carnivora · Suborder: Caniformia

†Hesperocyoninae	†Prohesperocyon · †Hesperocyon · †Mesocyon · †Cynodesmus · †Sunkahetanka · †Philotrox · †Enhydrocyon · †Paraenhydrocyon · †Osbornodon · †Caedocyon · †Ectopocynus

†Borophaginae	†Archaeocyon · †Oxetocyon · †Otarocyon · †Rhizocyon · †Cynarctoides · †Phlaocyon · †Cormocyon · †Desmocyon · †Metatomarctus · †Euoplocyon · †Psalidocyon · †Microtomarctus · †Protomarctus · †Tephrocyon · †Paracynarctus · †Cynarctus · †Tomarctus · †Aelurodon · †Paratomarctus · †Carpocyon · †Protepicyon · †Epicyon · †Borophagus

Caninae (extinct genera)	†Leptocyon · †Prototocyon · †Eucyon · †Protocyon · †Theriodictis · †Dusicyon · †Nurocyon · †Xenocyon · †Cynotherium

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