Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Synonym: Amphicyonopsis Viret 1929
Parent taxon: Amphicyoninae according to R. M. Hunt 1998
See also Alroy 2002, Bourguignat 1875, Carroll 1988 and Pickford et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Afrocyon, Amphicyon, Amphicyonini, Goupilictis, Ischyrocyon, Magericyon, Megamphicyon, Mogharacyon, Myacyon, Namibiocyon, Pliocyon, Pseudarctini, Tartarocyon, Thaumastocyonini, Vishnucyon
Subtaxa: Pseudocyon caucasicus Pseudocyon sansaniensis Pseudocyon steinheimensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (10 collections), Germany (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (14: Nebraska, New Mexico)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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