Amphicyoninae

Amphicyonidae
Temporal range: 22.4–4.9 Ma

Oligocene - Miocene

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Superfamily: Arctoidea
Family: Amphicyonidae
Subfamily: Amphicyoninae
Trouessart (1885)
Genus & Tribes

Amphicyon
Cynelos
Ischyrocyon
Magericyon
Pliocyon
Pseudocyon
Ysengrinia
Thaumastocyonini tribe

Amphicyoninae is a subfamily of extinct Amphicyonidae, large terrestrial carnivores (bear-dogs) belonging to the suborder Caniformia (meaning "dog-like") and which inhabited North America, Europe, Eurasia, Asia. and Africa from ~22.4—4.9 Ma. Amphicyoninae existed for approximately ~17.5 million years.[1]

Amphicyoninae was named by Trouessart (1885). It was assigned to Canidae by Matthew (1902); to Ursidae by Ginsburg (1977); and to Amphicyonidae by Hunt (1998).[2][3][4]

Better known genera include:

Fossil distribution

Specimens have been recovered from:

References

  1. Paleobiology Database: Amphicyoninae, age range and collections
  2. W. D. Matthew. 1902. New canidae from the Miocene of Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 16(21):281-290
  3. L. Ginsburg. 1977. Les carnivores du Miocene de Beni Mellal (Maroc). Geologie Mediterraneene 4(3):225-240
  4. R. M. Hunt. 1998. Amphicyonidae. 196-227
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