Pseudamphicyon

Pseudamphicyon
Temporal range: 16.9–11.1 Ma

Early Oligocene-Early Miocene

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Superfamily: Arctoidea
Family: Amphicyonidae
Genus: Pseudamphicyon
Schlosser (1899)
Species
  • P. bavaricus

Pseudamphicyon is a member of the extinct family Amphicyonidae of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia.[1]

Pseudamphicyon was named Schlosser in 1899 and was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).

Sister genera

Afrocyon, Amphicyanis, Arctamphicyon, Brachycyon, Cynodictis, Drassonax, Goupilictis, Guangxicyon, Haplocyon, Haplocyonoides, Haplocyonopsis, Harpagophagus, Ictiocyon, Pachycynodon, Paradaphoenus, Protemnocyon, Pseudarctos, Pseudocyonopsis, Sarcocyon, Symplectocyon, Vishnucyon.

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