Afrocyon

Afrocyon
Temporal range: Miocene-Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: †Amphicyonidae
Genus: †Afrocyon
Arambourg, 1961
Type species
Afrocyon burolleti
Arambourg, 1961

Afrocyon is an extinct genus of large, mostly carnivorous bone-crushing mammals known as bear dogs, of the family Amphicyonidae endemic to Africa during the Miocene to Pliocene living from 11.6 to 5.3 Ma and existed for approximately 6.3 million years.[1]

Taxonomy

Afrocyon was named by Arambourg (1961). It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).[2]

References

  1. ^ Paleobiology Database: Afrocyon.
  2. ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698