Vulpavus

Vulpavus; Temporal range: early to middle Eocene
	Skeleton of Vulpavus ovatus at the American Museum of Natural History
	Life restoration of V. ovatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Vulpavus; Marsh, 1871
Type species
	†Vulpavus palustris; Marsh, 1871
Species
	†V. australis (Matthew & Granger, 1915); †V. canavus (Cope, 1881); †V. completus (Matthew, 1909); †V. farsonensis (Gunnell, 1998); †V. palustris (Marsh, 1871); †V. profectus (Matthew, 1909); Subgenus: †Phlaodectes (Matthew, 1909) †V. ovatus (Matthew, 1909); ;
Synonyms
	synonyms of species: V. australis: Vulpavus asius (Gazin, 1952) ; ; V. canavus: Miacis brevirostris (Cope, 1881) ; Miacis canavus (Cope, 1881) ; Prodaphaenus canavus (Wortman, 1901) ; Uintacyon brevirostris (Matthew, 1899) ; Uintacyon canavus (Matthew, 1899) ; ; V. ovatus: Phlaodectes ovatus (Matthew, 1909) ; ;

Vulpavus ("ancestor of foxes") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to middle Eocene.^[9]^[10]

^ W. D. Matthew and W. Granger (1915.) "A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River faunas." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34(1):1-103
^ E. D. Cope (1881.) "On the Vertebrata of the Wind River Eocene beds of Wyoming." Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 6(1):183-202
^ W. D. Matthew (1909.) "The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567
^ G. F. Gunnell (1998.) "Mammalian Fauna From the Lower Bridger Formation (Bridger A, Early Middle Eocene) of the Southern Green River Basin, Wyoming." Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(3):83-130
^ O. C. Marsh (1871.) "Notice of some new fossil mammals and birds from the Tertiary formation of the West." American Journal of Science 2(8):120-127
^ C. L. Gazin (1952.) "The Lower Eocene Knight Formation Of Western Wyoming and Its Mammalian Faunas." Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117(18):1-82
^ J. L. Wortman (1901.) "Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum." The American Journal of Science, series 4 12:193-206
^ J. L. Wortman and W. D. Matthew (1899.) "A provisional classification of the fresh-water Tertiary of the West." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12:19-75
^ McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
^ J. J. Flynn (1998.) "Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea")." In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.) "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2

[1] W. D. Matthew and W. Granger (1915.) "A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River faunas." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34(1):1-103

[2] E. D. Cope (1881.) "On the Vertebrata of the Wind River Eocene beds of Wyoming." Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 6(1):183-202

[3] W. D. Matthew (1909.) "The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567

[4] G. F. Gunnell (1998.) "Mammalian Fauna From the Lower Bridger Formation (Bridger A, Early Middle Eocene) of the Southern Green River Basin, Wyoming." Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(3):83-130

[5] O. C. Marsh (1871.) "Notice of some new fossil mammals and birds from the Tertiary formation of the West." American Journal of Science 2(8):120-127

[6] C. L. Gazin (1952.) "The Lower Eocene Knight Formation Of Western Wyoming and Its Mammalian Faunas." Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117(18):1-82

[Wortman1901-7] J. L. Wortman (1901.) "Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum." The American Journal of Science, series 4 12:193-206

[8] J. L. Wortman and W. D. Matthew (1899.) "A provisional classification of the fresh-water Tertiary of the West." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12:19-75

[McKenna_&_Bell-9] McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.

[10] J. J. Flynn (1998.) "Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea")." In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.) "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2

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Vulpavus Temporal range: early to middle Eocene

Skeleton of Vulpavus ovatus at the American Museum of Natural History

Life restoration of V. ovatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Vulpavus Marsh, 1871
Type species
†Vulpavus palustris Marsh, 1871
Species
†V. australis (Matthew & Granger, 1915)^[1] †V. canavus (Cope, 1881)^[2] †V. completus (Matthew, 1909)^[3] †V. farsonensis (Gunnell, 1998)^[4] †V. palustris (Marsh, 1871)^[5] †V. profectus (Matthew, 1909) Subgenus: †Phlaodectes (Matthew, 1909) †V. ovatus (Matthew, 1909)
Synonyms
synonyms of species: V. australis: Vulpavus asius (Gazin, 1952)^[6] V. canavus: Miacis brevirostris (Cope, 1881) Miacis canavus (Cope, 1881) Prodaphaenus canavus (Wortman, 1901)^[7] Uintacyon brevirostris (Matthew, 1899)^[8] Uintacyon canavus (Matthew, 1899) V. ovatus: Phlaodectes ovatus (Matthew, 1909)