Paraenhydrocyon

Paraenhydrocyon; Temporal range: Early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Skull of Paraenhydrocyon josephi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Subfamily:	†Hesperocyoninae
Genus:	†Paraenhydrocyon; Wang, 1994
Type species
	†Temnocyon wallovianus;
Species
	†P. robustus Cope 1881; †P. josephi Matthew 1907; †P. wallovianus Cope 1881;

Paraenhydrocyon ("beside Enhydrocyon") is an extinct genus of bone crushing omnivorous early canid which inhabited North America during the Early Miocene, 24.8—20.4 Ma, existing for approximately 5 million years. ^[1]

The dentition suggests that this animal was a hypercarnivore or mesocarnivore.^[2] In addition to its retention of several primitive cranial characters, this includes unique sharp-tipped, slender premolars that clearly contrast with the strong premolars of the Mesocyon–Enhydrocyon group, but also parallels that clade by having a reduced metaconid cusp on the lower molars.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ [1] Paraenhydrocyon at fossilworks
^ R. M. Nowak. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Maryland, Johns Hopkins University Press (edited volume) II

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[1] [1] Paraenhydrocyon at fossilworks

[2] R. M. Nowak. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Maryland, Johns Hopkins University Press (edited volume) II

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