The Hyaenodontid <I>Galecyon</I> (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

The Hyaenodontid <I>Galecyon</I>

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An artist's rendition of the shape of Galecyon, with its fossilized bones laid out anatomically. Background, the Willwood Formation in the southern Bighorn Basin of Wyoming, where the bones were found. Right, the humerus (arm) bone of Galecyon.

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Courtesy of the <I>Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology</i>

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