†subfamily Temnocyoninae Hunt, Jr. 1998 (bear-dog)

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 2011

Sister taxa: Amphicyanis, Amphicyoninae, Angelarctocyon, Aphicyoninae, Arctamphicyon, Aymardia, Bonisicyon, Brachycyon, Cynodictis, Cyotherium, Daphoeninae, Guangxicyon, Gustafsonia, Haplocyoninae, Harpagophagus, Notoamphicyon, Protemnocyon, Pseudamphicyon, Pseudocyonopsis, Storchictis, Symplectocyon, Thaumastocyoninae

Subtaxa: Delotrochanter Mammacyon Rudiocyon Temnocyon

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska collection)

• Harrisonian of United States (10: Florida, Nebraska, Wyoming)

• Arikareean of United States (7: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)

• Oligocene of United States (6: California, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Mexico (1)

Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence

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