Bonisicyon Werdelin 2009 (bear-dog)

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

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Ethiopia (1 collection), Kenya (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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