Protepicyon

Extinct genus of carnivores

Protepicyon Temporal range: Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Subfamily:	†Borophaginae
Tribe:	†Borophagini
Subtribe:	†Borophagina
Genus:	†Protepicyon Wang et al., 1999
Species:	†P. raki
Binomial name
†Protepicyon raki Wang et al., 1999

Protepicyon is an extinct monospecific genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America. It lived during the Barstovian stage of the Middle Miocene 16.0—13.6 mya.^[1] One of the top predators of its time, it was the probable ancestor of the better known Epicyon, and is known from remains in California and New Mexico.^[2]

References

^ Paleobiology Database: Protepicyon basic info.
^ Wang, Xiaoming; Tedford, Richard H. (2008). Dogs, Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History. Columbia. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-231-13528-3.

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Extinct members of the family Canidae

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

incertae sedis

†Prohesperocyon

†Hesperocyoninae

†Borophaginae

Phlaocyonini

Cynarctoides
Phlaocyon

Borophagini

Cormocyon Desmocyon Metatomarctus Euoplocyon Psalidocyon Microtomarctus Protomarctus Tephrocyon
Cynarctina	Paracynarctus Cynarctus
Aelurodontina	Tomarctus Aelurodon
Borophagina	Paratomarctus Carpocyon Protepicyon Epicyon Borophagus

Caninae

†Leptocyon
†Metalopex
†Nurocyon
†Prototocyon

Urocyon

†U. citrinus
†U. galushai
†U. minicephalus
†U. progressus
†U. webbi

Vulpes

Canini

Cerdocyonina

†Dusicyon †Protocyon †Theriodictis
Lycalopex	†L. cultridens †L. ensenadensis
Speothos	†S. pacivorus

Canina

†Cynotherium
†Eucyon
†Aenocyon
†Xenocyon

Cuon

†C. alpinus europaeus

Canis

†C. apolloniensis †C. armbrusteri †C. arnensis †C. cedazoensis †C. edwardii †C. etruscus †C. ferox †C. lepophagus
C. latrans	†C. l. orcutti
C. lupus	†C. l. alces †C. l. beothucus †C. l. bernardi †C. l. cristaldii †C. l. floridanus †C. l. fuscus †C. l. gregoryi †C. l. griseoalbus †C. l. hattai †C. l. hodophilax †C. l. mogollonensis †C. l. monstrabilis †C. l. nubilus †C. l. youngi