Pachycynodon obtusus Dehm 1935 (bear)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Full reference: R. Dehm. 1935. Über tertiäre Spaltenfüllungen im Fränkischen und Schwäbischen Jura [On Tertiary fissure fillings in the Franconian and Swabian Jura]. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 29:1-86

Belongs to Pachycynodon according to R. Dehm 1935

Sister taxa: Pachycynodon boriei, Pachycynodon crassirostris, Pachycynodon curvirostris, Pachycynodon dubius, Pachycynodon filholi, Pachycynodon tenuis, Paracynodon vulpinus, Paracynodon leptorhynchus

Type specimen: Slg. München 1934 V 11.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gunzenheim (Oligocene of Germany)

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