''Dormaalocyon'' ("dog from Dormaal") is an
extinct genus
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of placental mammals from clade
Carnivoraformes
Carnivoraformes ("carnivoran-like forms") is a clade of Placentalia, placental mammals that includes the modern order Carnivora and its extinct stem-relatives.
Classification and phylogeny Classification
In 2010 Flynn, Finarelli & Spaulding name ...
, that lived in
Europe
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during early
Eocene
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.
Type species, ''Dormaalocyon latouri'' was discovered when fossils were unearthed in the village of Dormaal, near
Zoutleeuw
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, in the
Belgian
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province of
Flemish Brabant.
Phylogeny
The phylogenetic relationships of genus ''Dormaalocyon'' are shown in the following cladogram:
See also
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Mammal classification
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Carnivoraformes
Carnivoraformes ("carnivoran-like forms") is a clade of Placentalia, placental mammals that includes the modern order Carnivora and its extinct stem-relatives.
Classification and phylogeny Classification
In 2010 Flynn, Finarelli & Spaulding name ...
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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
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References
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Prehistoric placental genera
Fossil taxa described in 2014
2014 in Belgium
Fossils of Belgium
Zoutleeuw
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