| Brachycyon Temporal range: 23.3–7 Ma Early Miocene - Middle Miocene |
|
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
|
Fossil
|
|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Caniformia |
| Superfamily: | Arctoidea |
| Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
| Genus: | Brachycyon Filhol (1872) |
Brachycyon is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog"), and which inhabited Euroasia and North America.[1]
Brachycyon was named by Filhol (1872). It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).[2]
Afrocyon, Amphicyanis, Arctamphicyon, Cynodictis, Drassonax, Goupilictis, Guangxicyon, Haplocyon, Haplocyonoides, Haplocyonopsis, Harpagophagus, Ictiocyon, Pachycynodon, Paradaphoenus, Protemnocyon, Pseudamphicyon, Pseudarctos, Pseudocyonopsis, Sarcocyon, Symplectocyon, Vishnucyon.