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Chailicyon fossil map

Where fossils of Chailicyon have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 45 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 45 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

GroupEarly mammals
Lived56–37.71 million years ago (Ypresian to Bartonian)
PeriodsPaleogene
FamilyCanidae
Named byChow 1975
Fossil records2 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inChina
Rock formationsHeti

About Chailicyon

Chailicyon is an extinct genus in the basal Carnivoramorph family Miacidae that lived in Asia during the Middle to Late Eocene.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Chailicyon (revision 1086057393), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q3756923.

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