Afrocyon

Afrocyon
Temporal range: Miocene-Pliocene
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]

Taxonomy

Afrocyon was named by Arambourg (1961). It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).[2]

References

  1. ^ Paleobiology Database: Afrocyon Basic info.
  2. ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698