Afrocyon Temporal range: Miocene-Pliocene |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Caniformia |
Superfamily: | Arctoidea |
Family: | Amphicyonidae |
Genus: | †Afrocyon Arambourg (1961) |
Afrocyon is an extinct genus of large, mostly carnivorous bone-crushing mammals known as bear dogs, of the family Amphicyonidae endemic to Africa during the Miocene to Pliocene living from 11.6—5.3 Ma and existed for approximately 6.3 million years. [1]
Afrocyon was named by Arambourg (1961). It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).[2]