Pseudocyonopsis
| Pseudocyonopsis Temporal range: 16.9–11.1Ma Early Oligocene-Early Miocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Superfamily: | Arctoidea |
| Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
| Genus: | Pseudocyonopsis Kuss (1965) |
Pseudocyonopsis is a member of the extinct family Amphicyonidae, a terrestrial carnivore belonging to the order Caniformia.[1]
Pseudocyonopsis was named by Kuss in 1965 and was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).[2]
Species
- P. ambiguus
- P. antiquus
- P. quercensis
Sister genera
Afrocyon, Amphicyanis, Arctamphicyon, Brachycyon, Cynodictis, Drassonax, Goupilictis, Guangxicyon, Haplocyon, Haplocyonoides, Haplocyonopsis, Harpagophagus, Ictiocyon, Pachycynodon, Paradaphoenus, Protemnocyon, Pseudarctos, Pseudamphicyon, Sarcocyon, Symplectocyon, Vishnucyon.
References
- ↑ Paleobiology Database: Pseudocyonopsis, age range and collections
- ↑ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W.H. Freeman and Company