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Extinct genus of carnivores

Pliocyon
Temporal range: 20.6–13.6 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Miocene-Middle Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Amphicyonidae
Subfamily: Amphicyoninae
Genus: Pliocyon
Matthew, 1918
Type species
Pliocyon medius
Species
  • P. medius Matthew 1918
  • P. ossifragus Douglass 1903
  • P. robustus Berta & Galiano 1984

Pliocyon is an extinct genus of amphicyonids which inhabited North America during the Middle Miocene 16.0—13.6 Ma, existing for approximately 2 million years. Fossils have been uncovered in South Florida, Oregon, and western Nebraska.

References

  1. Paleobiology Database: Pliocyon, age range and collections
Genera of amphicyonids
Amphicyonidae
Amphicyonidae
Amphicyoninae
Daphoeninae
Haplocyoninae
Temnocyoninae
Thaumastocyoninae
Amphicyon ingens
Taxon identifiers
Pliocyon


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