| Ysengrinia Temporal range: Early Oligocene–Late Oligocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Caniformia |
| Family: | Amphicyonidae |
| Subfamily: | Amphicyoninae |
| Genus: | †Ysengrinia Leidy (1853) |
Ysengrinia is an extinct genus of large, mostly carnivorous bone-crushing mammals known as bear dogs, of the family Amphicyonidae endemic to Europe, Africa, and North America during the Miocene living from 22.4—20 Ma and existed for approximately 2.4 million years. [1]
Ysengrinia was named by Leidy (1853). was named by Ginsburg (1965). It was assigned to Amphicyoninae by Hunt (1998); and to Amphicyonidae by Ginsburg (1965), Carroll (1988) and Hunt (2002).[2]
A single specimen was examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass and was estimated to weigh 71.6 kg (160 lb).[3]