Amphicyon pontoni Simpson 1930 (bear-dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1930. Tertiary Land Mammals of Florida. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59(3):1-64

Belongs to Amphicyon according to G. G. Simpson 1930

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Midway, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Torreya Formation of Florida

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Florida, Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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