Vassacyon

Vassacyon; Temporal range: 57.2–50.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N late Paleocene to early Eocene
	Skull of Vassacyon promicrodon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Vassacyon; Matthew, 1909
Type species
	†Vassacyon promicrodon; Wortman & Matthew, 1899
Species
	†V. bowni (Heinrich, 2008); †V. prieuri (Solé, 2016); †V. promicrodon (Wortman & Matthew, 1899); †V. taxidiotis (Solé, 2013);
Synonyms
	synonyms of species: V. promicrodon: Prodaphaenus promicrodon (Wortman, 1901) ; Uintacyon promicrodon (Wortman & Matthew, 1899) ; ;

Vassacyon ("wasatchian dog") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America and Europe from the late Paleocene to early Eocene.^[7]^[8]^[9] It is considered the largest of the early Eocene mammals.

References

^ W. D. Matthew (1909) "The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567
^ Heinrich, R. E.; Strait, S. G.; Houde, P. (2008). "Earliest Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from northwestern Wyoming". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (1): 154–162. Bibcode:2008JPal...82..154H. doi:10.1666/05-118.1. S2CID 35030667.
^ Solé, Floréal; Smith, Thierry; De Bast, Eric; Codrea, Vlad; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel (2016). "New carnivoraforms from the latest Paleocene of Europe and their bearing on the origin and radiation of Carnivoraformes (Carnivoramorpha, Mammalia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (2): e1082480. Bibcode:2016JVPal..36E2480S. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1082480. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 87537565.
^ J. L. Wortman and W. D. Matthew (1899.) "The ancestry of certain members of the Canidae, the Viverridae, and Procyonidae." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(6):109-138
^ Floréal Solé; Emmanuel Gheerbrant; Marc Godinot (2013). "The "miacids" (Carnivoraformes, Mammalia) from the Early Eocene locality of Le Quesnoy (MP7, France); first occurrence of Vassacyon in Europe". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 12 (4): 191–202. Bibcode:2013CRPal..12..191S. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2013.05.001.
^ J. L. Wortman (1901.) "Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum." The American Journal of Science, series 4 12:193-206
^ McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
^ J. J. Flynn (1998.) "Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea")." In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.) "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2
^ Spaulding, Michelle; Flynn, John J.; Stucky, Richard K. (2010). "A new basal Carnivoramorphan (Mammalia) from the 'Bridger B' (Black's Fork member, Bridger Formation, Bridgerian Nalma, middle Eocene) of Wyoming, USA". Palaeontology. 53 (4): 815–832. Bibcode:2010Palgy..53..815S. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00963.x. S2CID 128700977.

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[1] W. D. Matthew (1909) "The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567

[2] Heinrich, R. E.; Strait, S. G.; Houde, P. (2008). "Earliest Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from northwestern Wyoming". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (1): 154–162. Bibcode:2008JPal...82..154H. doi:10.1666/05-118.1. S2CID 35030667.

[SoléSmith2016-3] Solé, Floréal; Smith, Thierry; De Bast, Eric; Codrea, Vlad; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel (2016). "New carnivoraforms from the latest Paleocene of Europe and their bearing on the origin and radiation of Carnivoraformes (Carnivoramorpha, Mammalia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (2): e1082480. Bibcode:2016JVPal..36E2480S. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1082480. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 87537565.

[4] J. L. Wortman and W. D. Matthew (1899.) "The ancestry of certain members of the Canidae, the Viverridae, and Procyonidae." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(6):109-138

[5] Floréal Solé; Emmanuel Gheerbrant; Marc Godinot (2013). "The "miacids" (Carnivoraformes, Mammalia) from the Early Eocene locality of Le Quesnoy (MP7, France); first occurrence of Vassacyon in Europe". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 12 (4): 191–202. Bibcode:2013CRPal..12..191S. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2013.05.001.

[6] J. L. Wortman (1901.) "Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum." The American Journal of Science, series 4 12:193-206

[McKenna_&_Bell-7] McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.

[8] J. J. Flynn (1998.) "Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea")." In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.) "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2

[Dawsonicyon-9] Spaulding, Michelle; Flynn, John J.; Stucky, Richard K. (2010). "A new basal Carnivoramorphan (Mammalia) from the 'Bridger B' (Black's Fork member, Bridger Formation, Bridgerian Nalma, middle Eocene) of Wyoming, USA". Palaeontology. 53 (4): 815–832. Bibcode:2010Palgy..53..815S. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00963.x. S2CID 128700977.

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Vassacyon Temporal range: 57.2–50.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N late Paleocene to early Eocene

Skull of Vassacyon promicrodon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Vassacyon Matthew, 1909^[1]
Type species
†Vassacyon promicrodon Wortman & Matthew, 1899
Species
†V. bowni (Heinrich, 2008)^[2] †V. prieuri (Solé, 2016)^[3] †V. promicrodon (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)^[4] †V. taxidiotis (Solé, 2013)^[5]
Synonyms
synonyms of species: V. promicrodon: Prodaphaenus promicrodon (Wortman, 1901)^[6] Uintacyon promicrodon (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)