Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family †Amphicyonidae | Phylum Chordata Order Carnivora Rank Genus | |
Similar Cynelos, Ischyrocyon, Agnotherium, Ysengrinia, Temnocyon | ||
Pliocyon is genus of large amphicyonid caniformian carnivoran mammals which inhabited North America from the Early Miocene subepoch to the Middle Miocene subepoch 20.6—13.6 Ma, existing for approximately 7 million years.
Contents
Pliocyon was named by Matthew in 1918. Its type is Pliocyon medius.
Morphology
A single specimen was measured by Legendre and Roth in 1988 with an estimated mass of 101.2 kg (223 lbs).
Species
P. medius, P. ossifragus, P. robustus
Sister genera
Amphicyon, Cynelos (syn. Absonodaphoenus, Hecubides), Ischyrocyon (syn. Hadrocyon), Pseudocyon (syn. Amphicyonopsis), Ysengrinia
Fossil distribution
Pliocyon has been uncovered in South Florida, Skull Spring, Oregon, and western Nebraska.
References
Pliocyon Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA