Amphicyon major De Blainville 1841 (bear-dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Synonym: Amphicyon cultridens Pomel 1853 [objective synonym]

Belongs to Amphicyon according to R. M. Hunt 1998

See also Antunes and Mein 1977, Kuss 1965 and Sach and Heizmann 2001

Sister taxa: Amphicyon (Euroamphicyon), Amphicyon ambiguus, Amphicyon argentinus, Amphicyon frendens, Amphicyon galushai, Amphicyon giganteus, Amphicyon gracilis, Amphicyon ingens, Amphicyon intermedius, Amphicyon lathanicus, Amphicyon laugnacensis, Amphicyon longiramus, Amphicyon olisiponensis, Amphicyon palaeindicus, Amphicyon pontoni, Amphicyon reinheimeri, Amphicyon riggsi, Amphicyon zhanxiangi

Subtaxa: Amphicyon major eppelsheimensis Amphicyon major major

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Type specimens:

  • Amphicyon major: MP Sa 1
  • Amphicyon cultridens:

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (5 collections), Germany (3), Portugal (3), Slovakia (1), Spain (4), Turkey (1)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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