Mammacyon

Mammacyon is an extinct genus of medium-sized bear dogs endemic to North America during the Late Oligocene and Early Miocene. It lived from 26.3 to 20.4 Ma, existing for approximately 6 million years .[1]

Mammacyon
Temporal range: Late OligoceneEarly Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Amphicyonidae
Subfamily: Temnocyoninae
Genus: Mammacyon
Loomis, 1936
Species
  • Mammacyon ferocior Hunt jr., 2011
  • Mammacyon obtusidens Loomis, 1936

References


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