Brachycyon

Brachycyon
Temporal range: 23.3–7 Ma

Early Miocene - Middle Miocene

Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Superfamily: Arctoidea
Family: Amphicyonidae
Genus: Brachycyon
Filhol (1872)

Brachycyon is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog"), and which inhabited Eurasia and North America.[1]

Brachycyon was named by Filhol (1872). It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).[2]

Sources

  1. Paleobiology Database: Pseudocyon, age range and collections
  2. R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
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