Pseudocyon

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Pseudocyon
Temporal range: 15.97–12.75 
Ma
↓
 Middle Miocene
Pseudocyon sansaniensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: †Amphicyonidae
Subfamily: †Amphicyoninae
Genus: †Pseudocyon
Lartet, 1851
Species
  • †P. sansaniensis
  • †P. steinheimensis
  • †P. styriacus
Synonyms
  • Amphicyonopsis

Pseudocyon (False dog) is a genus of

amphicyonid which inhabited Eurasia and North America during the Miocene epoch living approximately 3.22 million years.[1]

Pseudocyon was assigned to Amphicyoninae by Hunt in 1988 and to Amphicyonidae by Lartet (1851), Carroll (1988) and Pickford et al. in 2000.

Fossil distribution

Specimens were located in Belomechetskaia

Russian Federation, Santa Cruz, New Mexico, Pontigne and Malartic, a la ferme Larrieu, France, and Nebraska. The largest fossil find was of a mandible (F:AM 49247) founded in New Mexico. The mass estimate derived from the mandible was about 773 kg, representing a very large individual of Pseudocyon.[2]

Sources

  1. ^ Paleobiology Database: Pseudocyon, age range and collections
  2. S2CID 56051166
    . Retrieved 27 February 2023.
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