Brachycyon Filhol 1872 (bear-dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Parent taxon: Amphicyonidae according to R. L. Carroll 1988

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

Subtaxa: Brachycyon gaudryi

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Brachycyon in the database

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