Amphicyoninae
Amphicyoninae is a subfamily of extinct amphicyonids, large terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia and which inhabited North America, Eurasia, and Africa from the middle Eocene to the late Miocene.
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
| Subfamily: | †Amphicyoninae Trouessart (1885) |
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†Amphicyon | |
Amphicyoninae was named by Trouessart (1885). It was assigned to Canidae by Matthew (1902); to Ursidae by Ginsburg (1977); and to Amphicyonidae by Hunt (1998).
Genera include:
- Amphicyon, found in both Europe and N. America
- Cynelos, synonyms include Absonodaphoenus (from Florida) and Hecubides (from Africa), endemic to N. America
- Cynodictis
- Ischyrocyon, Hadrocyon is a synonym, endemic to N. America
- Goupilictis
- Magericyon
- Pliocyon, endemic to N. America
- Pseudocyon, Amphicyonopsis is a synonym, endemic to Europe and N. America
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