Chailicyon

Chailicyon
Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Carnivoraformes
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Genus: †Chailicyon
Chow (1975)

Chailicyon is an extinct genus in the basal Carnivoramorph family Miacidae that lived in Asia during the Middle to Late Eocene.

Taxonomy

Chailicyon was named by Chow (1975). It was assigned to Miacidae by Carroll (1988).

Sources

  1. ↑ McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. p. 631. ISBN 978-0-231-11013-6.