Adilophontes
Adilophontes is an extinct monospecific genus of bear dogs, endemic to North America during the Oligocene to Miocene. It lived from 24.8—20.6 Ma, existing for approximately 4 million years .[1] Fossils have been found in Wyoming.
| Adilophontes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
| Genus: | †Adilophontes Hunt, 2002 |
| Species: | †A. brachykolos |
| Binomial name | |
| †Adilophontes brachykolos Hunt, 2002 | |
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