Dormaalocyon ("dog from Dormaal") is an
extinctgenus of placental mammals from clade
Carnivoraformes, that lived in
Europe during the early
Eocene.[2][4] The type species, Dormaalocyon latouri, was discovered when fossils were unearthed in the village of Dormaal, near
Zoutleeuw, in the
Belgian province of
Flemish Brabant.[5][6]
^Solé, Floréal; Smith, Thierry; De Bast, Eric; Codrea, Vlad; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel (2016). "New carnivoraforms from the latest Paleocene of Europe and their bearing on the origin and radiation of Carnivoraformes (Carnivoramorpha, Mammalia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (2): e1082480.
Bibcode:
2016JVPal..36E2480S.
doi:
10.1080/02724634.2016.1082480.
ISSN0272-4634.
S2CID87537565.