Temnocyoninae
Temnocyoninae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
Subfamily: | †Temnocyoninae Hunt, 1998 |
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Range of temnocyonines based on fossil record |
The Temnocyoninae are an extinct subfamily of medium-sized bear dogs endemic to North America that lived during the Early Oligocene to Early Miocene about 30.8-20.43 million years ago (Mya) existing for around 10 million years.[1]
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Categories:
- Bear dogs
- Oligocene carnivorans
- Miocene carnivorans
- Aquitanian extinctions
- Prehistoric mammals of North America
- White River Fauna
- Oligocene first appearances
- Prehistoric carnivoran stubs