Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Full reference: S. Tomiya and Z. J. Tseng. 2016. Whence the beardogs? Reappraisal of the Middle to Late Eocene ‘Miacis’ from Texas, USA, and the origin of Amphicyonidae (Mammalia, Carnivora). Royal Society Open Science 3:160518

Parent taxon: Amphicyonidae according to S. Tomiya and Z. J. Tseng 2016

Sister taxa: Amphicyanis, Amphicyoninae, Angelarctocyon, Aphicyoninae, Arctamphicyon, Aymardia, Bonisicyon, Brachycyon, Cynodictis, Cyotherium, Daphoeninae, Guangxicyon, Haplocyoninae, Harpagophagus, Notoamphicyon, Protemnocyon, Pseudamphicyon, Pseudocyonopsis, Storchictis, Symplectocyon, Temnocyoninae, Thaumastocyoninae

Subtaxa: Gustafsonia cognita

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Type: Miacis cognitus

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Reeves Bonebed (Eocene of Texas)

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