Biology:Dinocyon

Short description: Extinct genus of bears

Dinocyon Temporal range: Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Ursidae
Subfamily:	†Hemicyoninae
Genus:	†Dinocyon Jourdan, 1861
Type species
†Dinocyon thenardi Jourdan, 1861
Species
†D. aurelianensis (Frick, 1926) †D. sansaniensis (Frick, 1926) †D. thenardi (Jourdan, 1861)

Dinocyon is an extinct genus of hemicyonine bear of the Miocene epoch, endemic to Europe. It lived from around 20.3–5.3 Ma, existing for approximately 15 million years.

Fossil distribution

• Poysbrunn site, Austria

References

Qiu Zhanziang (2006), "Dispersals of Neogene Carnivorans between Asia and North America

Wikidata ☰ Q5278577 entry