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Pliocyon

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Pliocyon
Temporal range: 20.6–13.6 Ma Early Miocene-Middle Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: †Amphicyonidae
Subfamily: †Amphicyoninae
Genus: †Pliocyon
Matthew, 1918
Type species
Pliocyon medius
Species
  • P. medius Matthew 1918
  • P. ossifragus Douglass 1903
  • P. robustus Berta & Galiano 1984

Pliocyon is an extinct genus of bear dogs which inhabited North America during the Middle Miocene 16.0—13.6 Ma, existing for approximately 2 million years.[1] Fossils have been uncovered in South Florida, Oregon, and western Nebraska.

References

  1. ^ Paleobiology Database: Pliocyon, age range and collections


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