Amphicyanis
Amphicyanis | |
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Fossil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Caniformia |
Superfamily: | †Arctoidea |
Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
Genus: | Amphicyanis Springhorn (1977) |
Amphicyanis is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog"), and which inhabited Eurasia and North America.[1]
Amphicyanis was named by Springhorn (1977). It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).[2]
Sources
- ↑ Paleobiology Database: Amphicyanis, age range and collections
- ↑ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
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