Guangxicyon

Guangxicyon
Temporal range: 37–33 Ma
↓
Late Eocene
Lower jaw
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Family: †Amphicyonidae
Subfamily: Amphicyoninae
Genus: Guangxicyon
Zhai, 2003
Species
  • G. sinoamericanus

Guangxicyon is an extinct genus of amphicyonid carnivoran, or "bear dog," which inhabited Central Asia during the Late Eocene subepoch, 37—33 Ma, existing for approximately 4 million years.[1][2]

Guangxicyon was named by Zhai et al. in 2003. Its type and only known species is Guangxicyon sinoamericanus.

Fossil distribution

One site in Southern China.

Sources

  1. ↑ Zhai Renjie, Russell L. Ciochon, Tong Yongsheng, Donald E. Savage, Michael Morlo, Patricia A. Holroyd, and Gregg F. Gunnell. (2003) An aberrant amphicyonid mammal from the latest Eocene of the Bose Basin, Guangxi, China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48 (2), 293-300
  2. ↑ Paleobiology Database: Gobicyon, age range and collections


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