Tapocyon
Sign in to saveTapocyon ("dog from Tapo Canyon") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America during the middle Eocene. Tapocyon was about the size of a coyote and is believed to have been a good climber that spent a lot of time in trees.
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Vinony's link graph records 111 inbound references to Tapocyon, and connects out to Carnivoramorpha, Animalia and North America.
Vinony files it under Carnivoraformes, Eocene mammals of North America and Extinct animals of the United States.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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Tapocyon ("dog from Tapo Canyon") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America during the middle Eocene. Tapocyon was about the size of a coyote and is believed to have been a good climber that spent a lot of time in trees.
==References==
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