Ammitocyon kainos Morales et al. 2021 (bear-dog)

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

Belongs to Ammitocyon according to J. Morales et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BAT-3’09.1239 and BAT-3’08.604,, a mandible (mandible with both rami.)

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ammitocyon kainos in the database

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