Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Suborder Caniformia Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Order Carnivora Family Amphicyonidae | |
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Mammacyon is an extinct genus of medium-sized amphicyonid caniformian carnivoran mammals endemic to North America during the Oligocene to Miocene living from 30.8—20.6 Ma and existed for approximately 10.2 million years.
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Taxonomy
Mammacyon was named by Loomis (1936). Its type is Mammacyon obtusidens. It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Loomis (1936) and Carroll (1988); and to Temnocyoninae by Hunt (1998).
Morphology
A single specimen was examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass and was estimated to weigh 39.3 kg (87 lb).
References
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