Dinocyon

Dinocyon; Temporal range: Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Ursidae
Subfamily:	†Hemicyoninae
Genus:	†Dinocyon; Jourdan, 1861
Type species
	†Dinocyon thenardi; Jourdan, 1861
Species
	†D. aurelianensis (Frick, 1926); †D. sansaniensis (Frick, 1926); †D. thenardi (Jourdan, 1861)

Dinocyon is an extinct genus of hemicyonine bear of the Miocene epoch, endemic to Europe. It lived from around 20.3–5.3 Ma, existing for approximately 15 million years.

Fossil distribution

Poysbrunn site, Austria

References

Qiu Zhanziang (2006), "Dispersals of Neogene Carnivorans between Asia and North America

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