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.
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.
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