Biology:Gobicyon

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Short description: Extinct genus of carnivores

Gobicyon
Temporal range: 13.6–11.6 Ma
Middle Miocene - Late Miocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Amphicyonidae
Genus: Gobicyon
Colbert, 1839
Species
  • G. acutus[1]
  • G. macrognathus
  • G. yei[1]
  • G. zhegalloi

Gobicyon is an extinct genus of bear dogs (members of the family Amphicyonidae)[1] endemic to Central Asia during the Late Miocene 13.6—11.6 Ma, existing for approximately 2 million years.[2] Fossils have been discovered only at Tong Xin in Central China.[citation needed]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Qigao Jiangzuo; Shiqi Wang; Chunxiao Li; Danhui Sun; Xiaoxiao Zhang (2019). "New material of Gobicyon (Carnivora, Amphicyonidae, Haplocyoninae) from northern China and a review of Aktaucyonini evolution". Papers in Palaeontology 7: 307–327. doi:10.1002/spp2.1283. 
  2. Paleobiology Database: Gobicyon, age range and collections

Wikidata ☰ Q5575498 entry