Uintacyon fossil map
Where fossils of Uintacyon have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 56 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 56 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 →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 59.24–39.7 million years ago (Thanetian to Bartonian) |
| Periods | Paleogene |
| Named by | Leidy 1873 |
| Fossil records | 160 occurrences at 35 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | United States, France, United Kingdom |
| Rock formations | Willwood, txn:NF, DeBeque, Wasatch, Fort Union, Wind River |
About Uintacyon
Uintacyon ("dog of the Uinta Mountains") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to middle Eocene.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Uintacyon (revision 1315351980), 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: Q7878105.
