Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Full reference: S. Tomiya and Z. J. Tseng. 2016. Whence the beardogs? Reappraisal of the Middle to Late Eocene ‘Miacis’ from Texas, USA, and the origin of Amphicyonidae (Mammalia, Carnivora). Royal Society Open Science 3:160518
Parent taxon: Amphicyonidae according to S. Tomiya and Z. J. Tseng 2016
Sister taxa: Amphicyanis, Amphicyoninae, Aphicyoninae, Arctamphicyon, Aymardia, Bonisicyon, Brachycyon, Cynodictis, Cyotherium, Daphoeninae, Guangxicyon, Gustafsonia, Haplocyoninae, Harpagophagus, Notoamphicyon, Protemnocyon, Pseudamphicyon, Pseudocyonopsis, Storchictis, Symplectocyon, Temnocyoninae, Thaumastocyoninae
Subtaxa: Angelarctocyon australis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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