Jump to content

Brachycyon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by SchreiberBike (talk | contribs) at 17:47, 9 January 2016 ({{italic title}}). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Brachycyon
Temporal range: 23.3–7 Ma Early Miocene - Middle Miocene
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Carnivora
Suborder:
Caniformia
Superfamily:
Arctoidea
Family:
†Amphicyonidae
Genus:
Brachycyon

Filhol (1872)

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

Brachycyon was named by Filhol (1872). It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).[2]

Sources

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

This article related to prehistoric animals from order Carnivora is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brachycyon&oldid=699008364"