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Extinct genus of carnivores

Amphicyanis is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog"), and which inhabited Eurasia and North America.

Amphicyanis was named by Springhorn (1977). It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).

Sources

Amphicyanis in the Paleobiology Database
Springhorn, Rain (1977). "Revision der alttertiären europäischen Amphicyonidae (Carnivora, Mammalia)" [Revision of Paleogene European Amphicyonidae (Carnivora, Mammalia)]. Palaeontographica, Abteilung A. 158: 26–113.
R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698

Amphicyanis Angelarctocyon Brachycyon Guangxicyon Gustafsonia Harpagocyon Harpagophagus Meiniogale Paludocyon Paradaphoenus Sarcocyon Storchictis Symplectocyon Vishnucyon
†Amphicyoninae	Afrocyon Amphicyon Askazansoria Bonisicyon Cynelos Cynodictis Dehmicyon Goupilictis Hecubides Istiocyon Ischyrocyon Janvierocyon Maemohcyon Magericyon Mogharacyon Myacyon Namibiocyon Paludocyon Pliocyon Pseudarctos Pseudamphicyon Pseudocyon Pseudocyonopsis Tartarocyon
†Daphoeninae	Adilophontes Brachyrhyncocyon Daphoenictis Daphoenodon Daphoenus
†Haplocyoninae	Aktaucyon Gobicyon Haplocyon Haplocyonoides Haplocyonopsis
†Temnocyoninae	Delotrochanter Mammacyon Rudiocyon Temnocyon
†Thaumastocyoninae	Agnotherium Ammitocyon Crassidia Peignecyon Thaumastocyon Tomocyon Ysengrinia

Taxon identifiers
Amphicyanis	Wikidata: Q4748237 GBIF: 4833392 IRMNG: 1293969 Paleobiology Database: 41270

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