Amphicyon argentinus Ameghino 1904 (bear-dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142

Belongs to Amphicyon according to F. Ameghino 1904

See also Rovereto 1914

Sister taxa: Amphicyon (Euroamphicyon), Amphicyon ambiguus, Amphicyon frendens, Amphicyon galushai, Amphicyon giganteus, Amphicyon gracilis, Amphicyon ingens, Amphicyon intermedius, Amphicyon lathanicus, Amphicyon laugnacensis, Amphicyon longiramus, Amphicyon major, Amphicyon olisiponensis, Amphicyon palaeindicus, Amphicyon pontoni, Amphicyon reinheimeri, Amphicyon riggsi, Amphicyon zhanxiangi

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Amphicyon argentinus in the database

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