Dinocyon

Dinocyon; Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
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 ursid carnivore of the Miocene epoch, endemic to Europe living from around 20.3—5.3 Ma, existing for approximately 15 million years.

Taxonomy

Dinocyon It was named by Jourdan (1861). It was assigned to Ursidae by Carroll (1988).^[1]

Fossil distribution

Poysbrunn site, Austria ~20.3—5.3 Ma.

References

^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698

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

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[1] R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698

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