Notoamphicyon 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

Parent taxon: Amphicyonidae according to F. Ameghino 1904

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

Subtaxa: Notoamphicyon paranensis

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Type: Notoamphicyon paranensis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Notoamphicyon in the database

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