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Arctocyonidae (from Gr****
arktos and kyôn, "bear/dog-like") is an extinct,
possibly polyphyletic family of
placental mammals which lived from the late...
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genus has been
historically placed in the
families Mesonychidae or
Arctocyonidae, or was
considered to be a
close relative of whales. It is now regarded...
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members of Ferae.
There are
three families classified in the order:
Arctocyonidae, Oxyclaenidae, and Quettacyonidae. McKenna, M. C. (1975). "Toward a...
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large placental mammals, part of the
possibly polyphyletic family Arctocyonidae. The type
species is A. primaevus,
though up to five
other species may...
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placement of Protungulatum. This
genus was
initially ****igned to the
family Arctocyonidae, in
order Condylarthra, (a
group of
archaic "ungulates", that is now...
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family of
extinct caniforms which were
related to
bears or pinnipeds) or
Arctocyonidae (a
family of "condylarths"
which literally translates to "bear-dogs")...
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expanded the term to
include families Miacidae (including Viverravidae),
Arctocyonidae,
Leptictidae (now Pseudorhyncocyonidae), Oxyaenidae,
Ambloctonidae and...
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difficult time
reducing meat. Likewise,
neither members of
Oxyclaenidae nor
Arctocyonidae had carn****ial teeth. On the
other hand,
carnivorous marsupials have...
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members of
orders Mesonychia,
Pantodonta and Taeniodonta, and
families Arctocyonidae, Didelphodontidae, Nyctitheriidae, Palaeoryctidae,
Periptychidae and...
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artiodactyls were
thought to have
evolved from a
small group of condylarths,
Arctocyonidae,
which were unspecialized,
superficially raccoon-like to bear-like omnivores...
