Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1918. Contributions to the Snake Creek Fauna with notes upon the Pleistocene of western Nebraska, American Museum Expedition of 1916. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 38(7):183-229
Belongs to Pliocyon according to R. M. Hunt 1998
See also Matthew 1918
Sister taxa: Pliocyon ossifragus, Pliocyon robustus
Type specimen: AMNH 17207. Its type locality is East Surface Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Olcott Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: California, Nebraska, Oregon collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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