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Amphicyoninae
Taxonomy
Amphicyoninae was named by Trouessart (1885).
It was assigned to Canidae by Matthew (1902) and Savage (1965); to Ursidae by Ginsburg (1977); and to Amphicyonidae by Hunt (1998), Peigné et al. (2008) and Hunt and Stepleton (2015).
It was assigned to Canidae by Matthew (1902) and Savage (1965); to Ursidae by Ginsburg (1977); and to Amphicyonidae by Hunt (1998), Peigné et al. (2008) and Hunt and Stepleton (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1885 | Amphicyoninae Trouessart |
| 1902 | Amphicyoninae Matthew p. 281 |
| 1965 | Amphicyoninae Savage p. 288 |
| 1977 | Amphicyoninae Ginsburg p. 225 |
| 1998 | Amphicyoninae Hunt, Jr. |
| 2008 | Amphicyoninae Peigné et al. p. 944 |
| 2015 | Amphicyoninae Hunt, Jr. and Stepleton pp. e891229-4 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. †Amphicyoninae Trouessart 1885
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Tr. †Amphicyonini Trouessart 1885
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G. †Amphicyon Lartet 1836
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Subg. †Amphicyon (Euroamphicyon) Ginsburg 1999
†Amphicyon argentinus Ameghino 1904
†Amphicyon frendens Matthew 1924
†Amphicyon galushai Hunt, Jr. 2003
†Amphicyon giganteus Schinz 1825
†Amphicyon gracilis Pomel 1847
†Amphicyon ingens Matthew 1924
†Amphicyon intermedius White 1940
†Amphicyon lathanicus Ginsburg 2000
†Amphicyon laugnacensis Ginsburg 1999
†Amphicyon longiramus White 1942
†Amphicyon major De Blainville 1841
†Amphicyon olisiponensis Antunes and Ginsburg 1977
†Amphicyon palaeindicus Falconer and Lydekker 1876
†Amphicyon pontoni Simpson 1930
†Amphicyon reinheimeri Cook 1926
†Amphicyon riggsi McGrew 1939
†Amphicyon zhanxiangi Jiangzuo et al. 2018
G. †Cynelos Jourdan 1862
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†Cynelos crassidens Filhol 1874
†Cynelos euryodon Savage 1965
†Cynelos helbingi Dehm 1950
†Cynelos idoneus Matthew 1924
†Cynelos lemanensis Pomel 1846
†Cynelos malasi Hunt, Jr. and Stepleton 2015
†Cynelos piveteaui Ginsburg 1965
†Cynelos quercensis Ginsburg 1966
†Cynelos rugosidens Schlosser 1899
†Cynelos schlosseri Dehm 1950
†Cynelos stenos Hunt, Jr. and Yatkola 2020
Invalid names: Absonodaphoenus Olsen 1958 [synonym], Hecubides Savage 1965 [synonym]
G. †Ischyrocyon Matthew and Gidley 1904
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†Ischyrocyon gidleyi Matthew 1902
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Invalid names: Hadrocyon mohavensis Stock and Furlong 1926 [synonym], Ischyrocyon hyaenodus Matthew and Gidley 1904 [synonym], Pliocyon walkerae Johnston and Christian 1941 [synonym]
Invalid names: Hadrocyon Stock and Furlong 1926 [synonym]
G. †Magericyon Peigné et al. 2008
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†Magericyon anceps Peigné et al. 2008
†Magericyon castellanus Fraile 1997
G. †Pliocyon Matthew 1918
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†Pliocyon medius Matthew 1918
†Pliocyon ossifragus Douglass 1903
†Pliocyon robustus Berta and Galiano 1984
Tr. †Pseudarctini Morales et al. 2021
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G. †Pseudocyon Lartet 1851
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†Pseudocyon caucasicus Gabunia 1973
†Pseudocyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851
†Pseudocyon steinheimensis Fraas 1885
Invalid names: Amphicyonopsis Viret 1929 [synonym]
G. †Vishnucyon Pilgrim 1932
Invalid names: Thaumastocyonini Ginsburg 1977 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available