Kingdom Animalia Suborder Caniformia Family †Amphicyonidae Rank Genus | Class Mammalia Superfamily Arctoidea Phylum Chordata Order Carnivores | |
Similar Agnotherium, Carnivores, Cynelos, Daphoenodon, Temnocyon | ||
Brachycyon is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog"), and which inhabited Eurasia and North America.
Brachycyon was named by Filhol (1872). It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).
References
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