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Short description: Extinct genus of carnivores

Amphicyanis
Scientific classification
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Superfamily: Amphicyonoidea
Family: Amphicyonidae
Genus: Amphicyanis
Springhorn (1977)

Amphicyanis is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog"), and which inhabited Eurasia and North America.[1]

Amphicyanis was named by Springhorn (1977). It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).[2]

Sources

  1. Paleobiology Database: Amphicyanis, age range and collections
  2. R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698

Wikidata ☰ Q4748237 entry