Chlorocyon
| Chlorocyon Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Sparassodonta |
| Genus: | †Chlorocyon |
| Species: | †C. phantasma
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| Binomial name | |
| †Chlorocyon phantasma Engelman et al., 2018
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Chlorocyon is an extinct monotypic genus of borhyaenoid sparassodont that lived in Chile during the Lutetian stage of the Eocene epoch, during the Mustersan South American land mammal age.[1]
Etymology
The generic name Chlorocyon is a combination of the Greek words chloros, meaning green, and cyon, meaning dog. The specific epithet of the type species, Chlorocyon phantasma, means phantom in Greek.[2]
References
- ^ "Chlorocyon". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ^ Engelman, Russell K.; Flynn, John J.; Gans, Philip; Wyss, André R.; Croft, Darin Andrew (28 December 2018). "Chlorocyon phantasma , a Late Eocene Borhyaenoid (Mammalia: Metatheria: Sparassodonta) from the Los Helados Locality, Andean Main Range, Central Chile". American Museum Novitates. 3918 (3918): 1–22. doi:10.1206/3918.1. ISSN 0003-0082. Retrieved 3 May 2026 – via BioOne Digital Library.