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Amphicyonidae is an
extinct family of
terrestrial carnivorans belonging to the
suborder Caniformia. They
first appeared in
North America in the middle...
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Amphicyon is an
extinct genus of
large carnivorans belonging to the
family Amphicyonidae (known
colloquially as "bear-dogs"),
subfamily Amphicyoninae, from the...
- has had
slight arrangements. In the past it was
thought the
extinct Amphicyonidae were stem-bears
based on
morphological analysis of the ear region, though...
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Arctoids are caniforms,
along with dogs (canids) and
extinct bear dogs (
Amphicyonidae). The
earliest caniforms were
superficially similar to martens, which...
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carnivorous bone-crushing
mammals known as bear dogs, of the
family Amphicyonidae endemic to
Africa during the
Miocene to
Pliocene living from 11.6 to...
- carnivorans) Genus: †Lycophocyon Superfamily:
Amphicyonoidea Family: †
Amphicyonidae (bear-dogs) Infraorder:
Cynoidea Superfamily:
Canoidea Family: Canidae...
- Some
paleontologists argue that
caniforms like
Amphicyonidae – "bear dogs" -
responded to the cat gap by
evolving to
become more cat-like, to fill the...
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extinct genus of
large sized carnivoran mammals,
belonging to the
family Amphicyonidae (“bear dogs”), that
lived in
Africa during the
Miocene epoch. Due to...
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mammals known as Ursida,
along with the
extinct bear dogs of the
family Amphicyonidae.
Below is the
cladogram based on
McKenna and Bell (1997) classification:[clarification...
- The
Thomas Farm site is an
Early Miocene,
Hemingfordian ****emblage of
vertebrate fossils located in
Gilchrist County,
northern Florida. The
Thomas Farm...
