Paracynarctus
| Paracynarctus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Subfamily: | †Borophaginae |
| Tribe: | †Borophagini |
| Subtribe: | †Cynarctina |
| Genus: | †Paracynarctus Wang et al., 1999 |
| Type species | |
| †Paracynarctus sinclairi | |
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Paracynarctus is an extinct genus of the
Ma, existing for approximately 2.4 million years.[1] It was likely an omnivore, and lacked the bone-cracking adaptations found in some later borophagines.[2]
P. kelloggi was originally found Virgin Valley, Nevada in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon.[1]