†Namibiocyon Morales and Pickford 2022 (bear-dog)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Full reference: J. Morales and M. Pickford. 2022. The taxonomic status of "Ysengrinia" ginsburgi Morales et al. 1998 (Amphicyonidae, Carnivora) from the basal middle MIocene of Arrisdrift, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 24:1-16
Parent taxon: Amphicyoninae according to J. Morales and M. Pickford 2022
Sister taxa: Afrocyon, Amphicyonini, Goupilictis, Ischyrocyon, Magericyon, Mogharacyon, Myacyon, Pliocyon, Pseudarctini, Pseudocyon, Thaumastocyonini, Vishnucyon
Subtaxa: Namibiocyon ginsburgi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Arrisdrift (Miocene of Namibia)
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