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Extinct genus of carnivores
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Haplocyon
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: †Amphicyonidae
Genus: †Haplocyon
Schlosser (1901)
Species
  • †H. elegans
  • †H. crucians

Haplocyon is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the Carnivoran suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog") named by Schlosser in 1901. It lived in Europe between 28.4 and 23.03 Mya, during the Late Oligocene.

Sources

  1. "Fossilworks: Haplocyon". Fossilworks. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Genera of amphicyonids
Amphicyonidae
†Amphicyonidae
†Amphicyoninae
†Daphoeninae
†Haplocyoninae
†Temnocyoninae
†Thaumastocyoninae
Amphicyon ingens
Taxon identifiers
Haplocyon


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