Uintacyon[1] Fossil range: late Paleocene to middle Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivoramorpha
Family:	†Miacidae
Genus:	†Uintacyon Leidy, 1872
Type species
†Uintacyon edax
Species
†U. asodes †U. bathygnathous †U. edax †U. gingerichi †U. jugulans †U. massetericus †U. rudis †U. vorax

Uintacyon is an extinct genus of Miacidae. There are at least two species in the genus; Uintacyon rudis and Uintacyon gingerichi, the latter being recently discovered.

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[edit] References

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

[edit] Sources

• 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
• findarticles.com
• www.taxonomy.nl
• www.jstor.org

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