Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Alternative combination: Amphicyon idoneus
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1924. Third contribution to the Snake Creek Fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 50:59-210
Belongs to Cynelos according to R. M. Hunt 1998
See also Matthew 1924
Sister taxa: Cynelos caroniavorus, Cynelos crassidens, Cynelos euryodon, Cynelos helbingi, Cynelos lemanensis, Cynelos malasi, Cynelos piveteaui, Cynelos quercensis, Cynelos rugosidens, Cynelos schlosseri, Cynelos sinapius, Cynelos stenos, Hecubides macrodon, Hecubides euryodon
Type specimen: Its type locality is Thomson Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Sheep Creek Formation of Nebraska
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Nebraska, Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.