Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Full reference: R. M. Hunt, Jr. 1998. Amphicyonidae. 196-227
Parent taxon: Amphicyonidae according to R. M. Hunt 1998
See also Hunt 2002
Sister taxa: Amphicyanis, Amphicyoninae, Angelarctocyon, Aphicyoninae, Arctamphicyon, Aymardia, Bonisicyon, Brachycyon, Cynodictis, Cyotherium, Guangxicyon, Gustafsonia, Haplocyoninae, Harpagophagus, Notoamphicyon, Protemnocyon, Pseudamphicyon, Pseudocyonopsis, Storchictis, Symplectocyon, Temnocyoninae, Thaumastocyoninae
Subtaxa: Adilophontes Brachyrhynchocyon Daphoenictis Daphoenodon Daphoenus Paradaphoenus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Panama (1 collection), United States (21: Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (20: Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (7: California, Nebraska, Oregon)
• Oligocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan), United States (55: Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Eocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan), United States (48: Colorado, Georgia, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 157 collections including 174 occurrences