Ysengrinia

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Ysengrinia
Temporal range: Early Miocene
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Restoration
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Amphicyonidae
Subfamily: Amphicyoninae
Genus: Ysengrinia
Leidy (1853)
Species
  • Ysengrinia americanus Wortman 1901
  • Ysengrinia depereti Mayet 1908
  • Ysengrinia geraniana Viret 1929
  • Ysengrinia tolosana Noulet 1876

Ysengrinia is an extinct genus of bear dogs found in Europe and North America, and possibly in southwestern Africa, during the Early Miocene.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ McKenna, M.C.; Bell, S.K. (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 631. ISBN 978-0-231-11013-6.
  2. ^ Hunt, R.M. (2002). "Intercontinental migration of Neogene Amphicyonids (Mammalia, Carnivora): Appearance of the Eurasian beardog Ysengrinia in North America". American Museum Novitates (3384): 1–53. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2002)384<0001:imonam>2.0.co;2. hdl:2246/2873.


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