Pseudocyon

Pseudocyon
Temporal range: 15.97–12.75 Ma
↓
Middle Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Family: Amphicyonidae
Subfamily: Amphicyoninae
Genus: Pseudocyon
Lartet, 1851
Species
  • †P. sansaniensis
  • †P. steinheimensis
  • †P. styriacus
Synonyms
  • Amphicyonopsis

Pseudocyon is a genus of bear dog which inhabited Eurasia and North America during the Miocene epoch living approximately 3.22 million years.[1] It grew up to 11ft (3.52 metres) long and weighed up to 1704 pounds (773 kilos)

Pseudocyon was assigned to Amphicyoninae by Hunt in 1988 and to Amphicyonidae by Lartet (1851), Carroll (1988) and Pickford et al. in 2000.

Fossil distribution

Specimens were located in Belomechetskaia Russian Federation, Santa Cruz, New Mexico, Pontigne and Malartic, a la ferme Larrieu, France, and Nebraska. The largest fossil find was of a mandible (F:AM 49247) founded in New Mexico. The mass estimate derived from the mandible was about 360 kg, representing an average individual of Pseudocyon.[2]

Sources

  1. ↑ Paleobiology Database: Pseudocyon, age range and collections
  2. ↑ http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100005.pdf


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