Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Full reference: R. M. Hunt, Jr. 2003. Intercontinental migration of large mammalian carnivores: earliest occurrence of the Old World beardog Amphicyon (Carnivora, Amphicyonidae) in North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279:77-115
Belongs to Amphicyon according to R. M. Hunt 2003
Sister taxa: Amphicyon (Euroamphicyon), Amphicyon ambiguus, Amphicyon argentinus, Amphicyon frendens, Amphicyon giganteus, Amphicyon gracilis, Amphicyon ingens, Amphicyon intermedius, Amphicyon lathanicus, Amphicyon laugnacensis, Amphicyon longiramus, Amphicyon major, Amphicyon olisiponensis, Amphicyon palaeindicus, Amphicyon pontoni, Amphicyon reinheimeri, Amphicyon riggsi, Amphicyon zhanxiangi
Type specimen: F:AM 25406. Its type locality is Dunlap Camel Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Runningwater Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (12: Colorado, Nebraska, Oregon collections)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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