Gobicyon
| Gobicyon Temporal range: 13.7–11.6 Ma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Gobicyon Colbert (1839) |
Gobicyon is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore belonging to the dog family ("Canidae") endemic to Central Asia from the Early Miocene subepoch through to the Late Miocene subepoch 13.6—11.6 Ma, existing for approximately 2 million years.[1]
Gobicyon was named by Edwin Harris Colbert in 1939.
Fossil distribution
Tong Xin, Central China.
Sister genera
Alopex, Caedocyon, Canis (synonymous with Aenocyon, Lyciscus), Cerdocyon, Chailicyon, Chrysocyon, Cuon, Cynodesmus, Cynotherium, Dusicyon, Ectopocynus, Enhydrocyon (syn. Hyaenocyon), Eucyon, Hesperocyon (synonymous with Pseudocynodictis), Leptocyon, Mesocyon (synonymous with Hypotemnodon), Neocynodesmus, Nyctereutes, Osbornodon, Otocyon, Paraenhydrocyon, Philotrox, Protocyon, Prototocyon, Pseudalopex, Sunkahetanka, Theriodictis, Urocyon, Vulpes.