Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Synonym: Cynodon Aymard 1848
Parent taxon: Amphicynodontinae according to R. M. Hunt 1998
See also Bonis et al. 2019, Bourguignat 1875, de Bonis 2020, de Bonis et al. 2019, Filhol 1881, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wang et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Drassonax, Pachycynodon, Parictis, Proplesictis, Wangictis
Subtaxa: Amphicynodon aymardi Amphicynodon brachyrostris Amphicynodon cephalogalinus Amphicynodon chardini Amphicynodon crassirostris Amphicynodon gracilis Amphicynodon leptorhynchus Amphicynodon musteloides Amphicynodon palustris Amphicynodon rossignoli Amphicynodon speciosus Amphicynodon teilhardi Amphicynodon typicus Amphicynodon velaunus Amphicynodon wortmani Cynodon helveticus Cynodon typicus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of China (2 collections), France (8), Germany (1), Mongolia (5)
Total: 16 collections including 21 occurrences
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