Prolimnocyon
Sign in to saveProlimnocyon ("before Limnocyon") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of limnocyonin hyaenodonts that lived in Asia and North America during the Late Paleocene to Middle Eocene. Prolimnocyon chowi is one of the earliest known member of the order Hyaenodonta and clade Limnocyoninae.
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- Limnocyonidae
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Prolimnocyon ("before Limnocyon") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of limnocyonin hyaenodonts that lived in Asia and North America during the Late Paleocene to Middle Eocene. Prolimnocyon chowi is one of the earliest known member of the order Hyaenodonta and clade Limnocyoninae.
== Palaeobiology ==
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