Pliocyon ossifragus Douglass 1903 (bear-dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Alternative combination: Dinocyon ossifragus

Full reference: E. Douglass. 1903. New vertebrates from the Montana Tertiary. Annals of Carnegie Museum 2(5):145-199

Belongs to Pliocyon according to A. R. Tabrum and R. Nichols 2001

See also Douglass 1903

Sister taxa: Pliocyon medius, Pliocyon robustus

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pliocyon ossifragus in the database

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