Daphoenus
| Daphoenus Temporal range: Late Eocene-Middle Miocene | |
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| D. vetus skeleton, Carnegie Museum of Natural History | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
| Subfamily: | †Daphoeninae |
| Genus: | †Daphoenus Leidy, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| †Daphoenus vetus | |
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Daphoenus is an extinct genus of amphicyonids. Daphoenus inhabited North America from the Late Eocene to the Middle Miocene, 37.2—16.0 Mya, existing for approximately 21 million years.
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