Namibiocyon ginsburgi Morales et al. 1998 (bear-dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Alternative combinations: Afrocyon ginsburgi, Cynelos ginsburgi, Ysengrinia ginsburgi

Full reference: J. Morales, M. Pickford, D. Soria and S. Fraile. 1998. New carnivores from the basal Middle Miocene of Arrisdrift, Namibia. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 91:27-40

Belongs to Namibiocyon according to J. Morales and M. Pickford 2022

See also Hunt 2002, Morales et al. 2016 and Morlo and Miller 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AD 133, a mandible (left mandible with broken ascending ramus). Its type locality is Arrisdrift, which is in a Miocene channel sandstone in Namibia.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Arrisdrift

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