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〕 |fossil_range = Late Eocene | fossil_range = |status = Fossil |regnum = Animalia |phylum = Chordata |classis = Mammalia |ordo = Carnivora |familia = Miacidae |genus = †''Prohesperocyon'' |genus_authority = Wang, 1994 |species = †''P. wilsoni'' |binomial = †''Prohesperocyon wilsoni'' |binomial_authority = (Gustafson, 1986) }} ''Prohesperocyon'' ("before ''Hesperocyon)''" is an extinct genus of physically small terrestrial carnivores of the family Miacidae endemic to North America appearing during the Late Eocene around 36.6—36.5 mya (AEO).〔(Paleobiology Database Taxa 41236 ), ''Prohesperocyon'': Taxonomy, Species, Sister Genera, Morphology, Collections.〕 The time of extinction is unknown. ==Taxonomy== ''Prohesperocyon'' was named by Xiaoming Wang, Ph.D. in 1994. It was later verified by K. Munthe in 1998,〔(Janis, Christine Marie ), Brown University faculty., Scott, K. M., and (Jacobs, Louis. L. ), SMU faculty; Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, Cambridge University Press; 1 edition. ISBN 0-521-78117-5.〕 Wesley-Hunt in 2005, and Werdelin 2006, P. D. Polly et al. p. 1023. Only a single species, ''Prohesperocyon wilsoni'', is recognized and considered the type or origin species. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prohesperocyon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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