Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Alternative combination: Pachycynodon teilhardi
Synonyms: Amphicynodon mongoliensis Janovskaja 1970, Cynodictis mongoliensis Janovskaja 1970
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1924. New Carnivora from the Tertiary of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 104:1-9
Belongs to Amphicynodon according to X. Wang et al. 2005
See also Cirot and de Bonis 1992, Matthew and Granger 1924 and Wang and Qiu 2003
Sister taxa: Amphicynodon aymardi, Amphicynodon brachyrostris, Amphicynodon cephalogalinus, Amphicynodon chardini, Amphicynodon crassirostris, Amphicynodon gracilis, Amphicynodon leptorhynchus, Amphicynodon musteloides, Amphicynodon palustris, Amphicynodon rossignoli, Amphicynodon speciosus, Amphicynodon typicus, Amphicynodon velaunus, Amphicynodon wortmani, Cynodon helveticus, Cynodon typicus
Type specimens:
- Amphicynodon teilhardi: AMNH 19007, a mandible
- Cynodictis mongoliensis:
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Mongolia (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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