Pliocyon
Pliocyon Temporal range: Early Miocene-Middle Miocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
Subfamily: | †Amphicyoninae |
Genus: | †Pliocyon Matthew, 1918 |
Type species | |
Pliocyon medius | |
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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.
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Categories:
- Bear dogs
- Miocene carnivorans
- Serravallian extinctions
- Miocene mammals of North America
- White River Fauna
- Aquitanian genus first appearances
- Prehistoric carnivoran genera
- Prehistoric carnivoran stubs