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Brachycyon

Brachycyon
Temporal range: 23.3–7 Ma
Early Miocene - Middle Miocene
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Superfamily: Arctoidea
Family: Amphicyonidae
Genus: Brachycyon
Filhol (1872)

Brachycyon is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog"), which inhabited Eurasia and North America.

Brachycyon was named by Filhol (1872). It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).


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