Mammacyon ferocior Hunt, Jr. 2011 (bear-dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Full reference: R. M. Hunt, Jr. 2011. Evolution of Large Carnivores During the Mid-Cenozoic of North America: The Temnocyonine Radiation (Mammalia, Amphicyonidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 358:1-153

Belongs to Mammacyon according to R. M. Hunt 2011

Sister taxon: Mammacyon obtusidens

Type specimen: F:AM 27562, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Keeline, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Keeline

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