Kingdom Animalia Suborder Caniformia Subfamily Amphicyoninae Rank Genus | Class Mammalia Family Amphicyonidae Phylum Chordata Order Carnivores | |
Similar Carnivores, Ysengrinia, Agnotherium, Cynelos, Ischyrocyon | ||
Pseudocyon is a genus of bear dog carnivoran which inhabited Eurasia and North America during the Miocene epoch living approximately 5.3 million years.
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Pseudocyon was assigned to Amphicyoninae by Hunt in 1988 and to Amphicyonidae by Lartet (1851), Carroll (1988) and Pickford et al. in 2000. It is synonymous with Amphicyonopsis.
Fossil distribution
Specimens were located in Belomechetskaia Russian Federation, Santa Cruz, New Mexico, Pontigne and Malartic, a la ferme Larrieu, France, and Nebraska. The largest fossil find was of a mandible (F:AM 49247) founded in New Mexico. The mass estimate derived from the mandible was about 773 kg, representing a very large individual of Pseudocyon.
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