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Thaumastocyonini
Temporal range: Early Oligocene–Late Oligocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: †Amphicyonidae
Subfamily: †Amphicyoninae
Tribe: †Thaumastocyonini
Ginsburg (1977)

Thaumastocyonini is an extinct tribe of large, carnivorous mammals (bone-crushers) known as bear dogs, of the family Amphicyonidae, subfamily Amphicyoninae, which inhabited Europe during the Miocene living from ~16.9—7.25 Ma and existed for approximately 9.65 million years. It was originally erected to include only the genus Agnotherium,[1] and is no longer used.[2]

References

  1. ^ L. Ginsburg. 1977. Les carnivores du Miocene de Beni Mellal (Maroc). Geologie Mediterraneene
  2. ^ L. Werdelin and S. Peigne. 2010. Carnivora. In L. Werdelin, W. J. Sanders (eds.), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa pp. 603-657 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]


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