Cynelos stenos Hunt, Jr. and Yatkola 2020 (bear-dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Full reference: R.M. Hunt, Jr. and D.A. Yatkola. 2020. A new species of the amphicyonid carnivore Cynelos Jourdan, 1862 from the early Miocene of North America. Geodiversitas 42(5):57-67

Belongs to Cynelos according to R.M. Hunt and D.A. Yatkola 2020

Sister taxa: Cynelos caroniavorus, Cynelos crassidens, Cynelos euryodon, Cynelos helbingi, Cynelos idoneus, Cynelos lemanensis, Cynelos malasi, Cynelos piveteaui, Cynelos quercensis, Cynelos rugosidens, Cynelos schlosseri, Cynelos sinapius, Hecubides euryodon, Hecubides macrodon

Type specimen: UNSM 44723, an other

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cynelos stenos in the database

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