Paraenhydrocyon

Taxobox
name="Paraenhydrocyon"
fossil_range=Early Oligocene - Early Miocene
regnum=Animalia
phylum=Chordata
class=Mammalia
ordo=Carnivora
familia=Canidae
subfamilia=†Hesperocyoninae
genus=†"Paraenhydrocyon"
genus_authority=Wang, 1994
type_species=†"Temnocyon wallovianus"
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
*†"P. robustus
*†"P. josephi (syn. "Mesocyon hortulirosae")
*†"P. wallovianus" (syn. "Temnocyon venator")

"Paraenhydrocyon" ("beside "Enhydrocyon") is a genus of the earliest-known doglike creatures, described by X. Wang in 1994. They were about the size of a coyote, and lived during the Oligocene era (33.3 to 20.6 million years ago). The oldest fossil record is of "P. josephi" [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=41232&is_real_user=1] .

References

*http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=41232&is_real_user=0