Euroamphicyon

Euroamphicyon
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Amphicyonidae[1]
Subfamily: †Arctoidea
Genus: Euroamphicyon

Euroamphicyon (European Amphicyon) is a member of extinct terrestrial carnivores belonging to the family Amphicyonidae, suborder Caniformia, and which inhabited Europe during the Miocene.[2]

Morphology

Eurocyon was one of the larger and heavier Bear-dogs. A specimen was examined by Viranta for body mass and estimated to weigh 138.59 kg (310 lb).[3]

References

  1. ^ Hunt, R.M. (2001). "Small Oligocene amphicyonids from North America (Paradaphoenus, Mammalia, Carnivora)". American Museum Novitates 3331: 1–20. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2001)331<0001:SOAFNA>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/2884. 
  2. ^ http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonrelations/id650047&type=0/ Bio Library: Euroamphicyon
  3. ^ Viranta, S. 1996. European Miocene Amphicyonidae - taxonomy. systematics and ecology. Acta Zoologica Fennica 204:1-61.

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