Brachycyon
Early Miocene - Late Miocene | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
Genus: | †Brachycyon Filhol, 1872 |
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Brachycyon is an extinct genusofterrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog"), which inhabited Eurasia and North America.[1]
Brachycyon was named by Filhol (1872). It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).[2]
Genera of amphicyonids
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