Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1918. Contributions to the Snake Creek Fauna with notes upon the Pleistocene of western Nebraska, American Museum Expedition of 1916. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 38(7):183-229
Parent taxon: Amphicyoninae according to R. M. Hunt 1998
See also Carroll 1988 and Matthew 1918
Sister taxa: Afrocyon, Amphicyonini, Goupilictis, Ischyrocyon, Magericyon, Mogharacyon, Myacyon, Namibiocyon, Pseudarctini, Pseudocyon, Thaumastocyonini, Vishnucyon
Subtaxa: Pliocyon medius Pliocyon ossifragus Pliocyon robustus
Type: Pliocyon medius
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Miocene of United States (9: California, Nebraska, Oregon)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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