Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Full reference: J. Morales , J. Abella, O. Sanisidro and A. Valenciano. 2021. Ammitocyon kainos gen. et sp. nov., a chimerical amphicyonid (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the late Miocene carnivore traps of Cerro de los Batallones (Madrid, Spain). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19:393-415

Parent taxon: Thaumastocyoninae according to J. Morales et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Agnotherium, Crassidia, Peignecyon, Thaumastocyon, Tomocyon, Ysengrinia

Subtaxa: Ammitocyon kainos

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ammitocyon in the database

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