Amphicyon longiramus White 1942 (bear-dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Full reference: T. E. White. 1942. The Lower Miocene mammal fauna of Florida. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 92(1):1-49

Belongs to Amphicyon according to S. J. Olsen 1960

See also White 1942

Sister taxa: Amphicyon (Euroamphicyon), Amphicyon argentinus, Amphicyon frendens, Amphicyon galushai, Amphicyon giganteus, Amphicyon gracilis, Amphicyon ingens, Amphicyon intermedius, Amphicyon lathanicus, Amphicyon laugnacensis, Amphicyon major, Amphicyon olisiponensis, Amphicyon palaeindicus, Amphicyon pontoni, Amphicyon reinheimeri, Amphicyon riggsi, Amphicyon zhanxiangi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (5: Delaware, Florida, Texas collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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