Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Synonym: Hadrocyon Stock and Furlong 1926
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and J. W. Gidley. 1904. New or little known mammals from the Miocene of South Dakota : American Museum expedition of 1903. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20(22):241-268
Parent taxon: Amphicyoninae according to S. R. May 2019
See also Carroll 1988, Hunt 1998, Matthew and Gidley 1904, Stock and Furlong 1926, Webb 1969 and Whistler and Burbank 1992
Sister taxa: Afrocyon, Amphicyonini, Goupilictis, Magericyon, Mogharacyon, Myacyon, Namibiocyon, Pliocyon, Pseudarctini, Pseudocyon, Thaumastocyonini, Vishnucyon
Subtaxa: Ischyrocyon gidleyi
Type: Ischyrocyon hyaenodus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (38: California, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas collections)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
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