Amphicyoninae
| Amphicyonidae Temporal range: 22.4–4.9 Ma Oligocene - Miocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Caniformia |
| Superfamily: | Arctoidea |
| Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
| Subfamily: |
†Amphicyoninae Trouessart (1885) |
| Genus & Tribes | |
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†Amphicyon |
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†Amphicyon
†Cynelos
†Ischyrocyon
†Magericyon
†Pliocyon
†Pseudocyon
†Ysengrinia
† tribe
Amphicyoninae is a subfamily of extinct Amphicyonidae, large terrestrial carnivores (bear-dogs) belonging to the suborder Caniformia (meaning "dog-like") and which inhabited North America, Europe, Eurasia, Asia. and Africa from ~22.4—4.9 Ma. Amphicyoninae existed for approximately ~17.5 million years.
Amphicyoninae was named by Trouessart (1885). It was assigned to Canidae by Matthew (1902); to Ursidae by Ginsburg (1977); and to Amphicyonidae by Hunt (1998).
Better known genera include:
Specimens have been recovered from:
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