Plithocyon
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Plithocyon Temporal range: Miocene |
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| Plithocyon armagnacensis skull | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Caniformia |
| Family: | Hemicyonidae |
| Subfamily: | Hemicyoninae |
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Plithocyon Ginsburg, 1955 |
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Plithocyon is an extinct genus of bear-like hemicyonid carnivore of the Miocene epoch, endemic to North America and Europe living from ~15.97—7.25 Ma, existing for approximately 8.72 million years.
Plithocyon was named by Ginsburg (1955). It was assigned to Ursidae by Ginsburg (1955) and Carroll (1988); and to Hemicyoninae by Hunt (1998).
Two specimens were examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass.
Sites and age of specimens:
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