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Palaearctonyx; Fossil range: middle Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Subphylum:	Vertebrata;
Class:	Mammalia;
Order:	Carnivoramorpha;
Family:	†Miacidae;
Genus:	†Palaearctonyx; Matthew, 1909
Species:	†P. meadi;
Binomial name
	†Palaearctonyx meadi; Matthew, 1909

Palaearctonyx is an extinct genus of omnivorous Miacidae (Marten-like) which inhabited North America during the Eocene living from 50.3—46.2 Ma and existed for approximately 4.1 million years. ^[1]

[edit] Taxonomy

Palaearctonyx was named by Matthew (1909). Its type is Palaearctonyx meadi. It was assigned to Caniformia by Flynn and Galiano (1982); and to Miacidae by Matthew (1909) and Flynn (1998).^[2]^[3]

[edit] References

^ Paleobiology Database: Palaearctonyx Basic info.
^ J. J. Flynn and H. Galiano. 1982. Phylogeny of early Tertiary Carnivora, with a description of a new species of Protictis from the middle Eocene of northwestern Wyoming. American Museum Novitates 2725:1-640
^ 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

Flynn, J.J., 1998. Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"). pp.110-123 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

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[0] Paleobiology Database: Palaearctonyx Basic info.

[1] J. J. Flynn and H. Galiano. 1982. Phylogeny of early Tertiary Carnivora, with a description of a new species of Protictis from the middle Eocene of northwestern Wyoming. American Museum Novitates 2725:1-640

[2] 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

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