†Namibiocyon ginsburgi Morales et al. 1998 (bear-dog)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Alternative combinations: Afrocyon ginsburgi, Cynelos ginsburgi, Ysengrinia ginsburgi
Full reference: J. Morales, M. Pickford, D. Soria and S. Fraile. 1998. New carnivores from the basal Middle Miocene of Arrisdrift, Namibia. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 91:27-40
Belongs to Namibiocyon according to J. Morales and M. Pickford 2022
See also Hunt 2002, Morales et al. 2016 and Morlo and Miller 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AD 133, a mandible (left mandible with broken ascending ramus). Its type locality is Arrisdrift, which is in a Miocene channel sandstone in Namibia.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Arrisdrift
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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