Afrocyon
Afrocyon | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
Genus: | †Afrocyon Arambourg, 1961 |
Type species | |
Afrocyon burolleti Arambourg, 1961 |
Afrocyon is an extinct genus of large, mostly carnivorous bone-crushing mammals known as bear dogs, of the family Amphicyonidae endemic to Africa during the Miocene to Pliocene living from 11.6—5.3 Ma and existed for approximately 6.3 million years.[1]
Taxonomy
Afrocyon was named by Arambourg (1961). It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).[2]
References
- ↑ Paleobiology Database: Afrocyon.
- ↑ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
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