†subfamily Amphicynodontinae Simpson 1945 (bear)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Alternative spelling: Amphicynodontidae

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1945. The principles of classification and a classification of mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 85:1-350

Parent taxon: Ursidae according to R. M. Hunt 1998

See also Bonis et al. 2019, de Bonis et al. 2019 and Tedford et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Agriotheriinae, Ailuropodinae, Eoarctos, Harpaleocyon, Hemicyoninae, Metarctos, Myadina, Phoberocyoninae, Proarctotherium, Taxina, Tremarctinae, Ursinae, Ursulus

Subtaxa: Amphicynodon Drassonax Pachycynodon Parictis Proplesictis Wangictis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Hungary (1 collection)

• Oligocene of China (2), France (11), Germany (2), Mongolia (5), United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)

• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (17: Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 41 collections including 57 occurrences

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