Pseudocyon

Pseudocyon Temporal range: 15.97–12.75 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Middle Miocene
Pseudocyon sansaniensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	†Amphicyonidae
Subfamily:	†Amphicyoninae
Genus:	†Pseudocyon Lartet, 1851
Species
†P. sansaniensis †P. steinheimensis †P. styriacus
Synonyms
Amphicyonopsis

Pseudocyon (False dog) is a genus of bear dog which inhabited Eurasia and North America during the Miocene epoch living approximately 3.22 million years.^[1]

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 773 kg, representing a very large individual of Pseudocyon.^[2]

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