Pseudocyon
| Pseudocyon Temporal range: Middle Miocene
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| Genus: | Pseudocyon Lartet, 1851
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Pseudocyon is a genus of bear dog which inhabited Eurasia and North America during the Miocene epoch living approximately 3.22 million years.[1] It grew up to 11ft (3.52 metres) long and weighed up to 1704 pounds (773 kilos)
Pseudocyon was assigned to Amphicyoninae by Hunt in 1988 and to Amphicyonidae by Lartet (1851), Carroll (1988) and Pickford et al. in 2000.
Fossil distribution
Specimens were located in Belomechetskaia Russian Federation, Santa Cruz, New Mexico, Pontigne and Malartic, a la ferme Larrieu, France, and Nebraska. The largest fossil find was of a mandible (F:AM 49247) founded in New Mexico. The mass estimate derived from the mandible was about 360 kg, representing an average individual of Pseudocyon.[2]
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