Paradaphoenus
Appearance
Paradaphoenus Temporal range: Early Oligocene-Middle Miocene
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
Genus: | †Paradaphoenus Wortman, Matthew (1899) |
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Paradaphoenus is a physically small bear dog, which inhabited North America from the Early Oligocene to the Middle Miocene, 33.3—15.97 Ma, existing for approximately 17 million years.[1] Fossils have been found at Haystack, Oregon, Banner County, Nebraska, Dawes County, Nebraska, and Sheep Mtn, South Dakota.
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