Harpagophagus De Bonis 1971 (bear-dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Full reference: L. De Bonis. 1971. Deux nouveaux carnassiers de Phosphorites du Quercy. Annales de Paleontologie 57:117-127

Parent taxon: Amphicyonidae according to L. De Bonis 1971

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Amphicyanis, Amphicyoninae, Angelarctocyon, Aphicyoninae, Arctamphicyon, Aymardia, Bonisicyon, Brachycyon, Cynodictis, Cyotherium, Daphoeninae, Guangxicyon, Gustafsonia, Haplocyoninae, Notoamphicyon, Protemnocyon, Pseudamphicyon, Pseudocyonopsis, Storchictis, Symplectocyon, Temnocyoninae, Thaumastocyoninae

Subtaxa: Harpagophagus sanguinensis

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Type: Harpagophagus sanguinensis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pech Crabet (Oligocene of France)

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