Ysengrinia

Ysengrinia Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Early Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Family:	Amphicyonidae
Subfamily:	Amphicyoninae
Genus:	†Ysengrinia Leidy (1853)

Ysengrinia is an extinct genus of large, mostly carnivorous bone-crushing mammals known as bear dogs, of the family Amphicyonidae found in Europe during the Late Oligocene and Early Miocene, in North America during the Early Miocene, and possibly in southwestern Africa during the Early Miocene.

Ysengrinia was named by Leidy (1853). was named by Ginsburg (1965). It was assigned to Amphicyoninae by Hunt (1998); and to Amphicyonidae by Ginsburg (1965), Carroll (1988) and Hunt (2002).

A single specimen was examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass and was estimated to weigh 71.6 kg (160 lb).