†Bonisicyon illacabo Werdelin 2009 (bear-dog)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Full reference: L. Werdelin. 2009. The last amphicyonid (Mammalia, Carnivora) in Africa. Geodiversitas 31(4):775-787
Belongs to Bonisicyon according to L. Werdelin 2009
See also Werdelin and Peigne 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: HMD1/P11, a tooth. Its type locality is Gona, which is in a Messinian terrestrial horizon in the Nawata Formation of Ethiopia.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Ethiopia (1 collection), Kenya (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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