Amphicyoninae
| Amphicyonines Temporal range: Late Eocene - 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 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.
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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