Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Full reference: L. Werdelin. 2009. The last amphicyonid (Mammalia, Carnivora) in Africa. Geodiversitas 31(4):775-787
Parent taxon: Amphicyonidae according to L. Werdelin 2009
See also Werdelin and Peigne 2010
Sister taxa: Amphicyanis, Amphicyoninae, Angelarctocyon, Aphicyoninae, Arctamphicyon, Aymardia, Brachycyon, Cynodictis, Cyotherium, Daphoeninae, Guangxicyon, Gustafsonia, Haplocyoninae, Harpagophagus, Notoamphicyon, Protemnocyon, Pseudamphicyon, Pseudocyonopsis, Storchictis, Symplectocyon, Temnocyoninae, Thaumastocyoninae
Subtaxa: Bonisicyon illacabo
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Ethiopia (1 collection), Kenya (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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