Tapocyon Explained

Tapocyon ("dog from Tapo Canyon") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America during the middle Eocene.[1] [2] Tapocyon was about the size of a coyote and is believed to have been a good climber that spent a lot of time in trees.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: McKenna . Malcolm C. . Bell . Susan K. . Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level . 1997 . Columbia University Press . New York . 978-0-231-11012-9.
  2. 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.
  3. Web site: Tapocyon robustus . San Diego Natural History Museum . 11 March 2017.

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