Tapocyon

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Extinct genus of carnivores

title: "Tapocyon" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["carnivoraformes", "miacids", "extinct-animals-of-the-united-states", "prehistoric-placental-genera", "eocene-mammals-of-north-america"] description: "Extinct genus of carnivores" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapocyon" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Extinct genus of carnivores ::

|fossil_range = middle Eocene |image = Tapocyon_robustus.jpg |image_caption = Life restoration of Tapocyon robustus |image2 = Tapocyon robustus LACM.jpg |image2_caption = Replica of T. robustus lower jaw at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Tapocyon |authority = Stock, 1934 |type_species = †Tapocyon robustus |type_species_authority = Peterson, 1919 |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision =

  • †T. dawsonae (Wesley & Flynn, 2003)
  • †T. robustus (Peterson, 1919) |synonyms = |{{collapsible list |bullets=true |title=T. robustus: |Miacis robustus (Gazin, 1956) |Prodaphaenus robustus (Peterson, 1919) |Tapocyon occidentalis (Stock, 1934) |Uintacyon robustus

Tapocyon ("dog from Tapo Canyon") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America during the middle Eocene. 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.

References

References

  1. (1934). "New Creodonta from the Sespe Upper Eocene, California". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
  2. (2003). "A revision of ''Tapocyon'' (Carnivoramorpha), including analysis of the first cranial specimens and identification of a new species.". Journal of Paleontology.
  3. O. A. Peterson (1919.) [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9480800#page/122/mode/1up "Report Upon the Material Discovered in the Upper Eocene of the Uinta Basin by Earl Douglas in the Years 1908-1909, and by O. A. Peterson in 1912."] Annals of Carnegie Museum 12(2):40-168
  4. Gazin, C. L. (1956.) [https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/22927/SMC_131_Gazin_1956_8_1-35.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y "The Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology of Upper Eocene Strata in the Northeastern Part of the Wind River Basin, Wyoming, Pt. 2, The Mammalian Fauna of the Badwater Area."] Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 131(8):16–35.
  5. (1997). "Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level". Columbia University Press.
  6. 9780521355193
  7. "''Tapocyon robustus''". San Diego Natural History Museum.

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