Dinocyon
Extinct genus of bears
Dinocyon Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Ursidae |
Subfamily: | †Hemicyoninae |
Genus: | †Dinocyon Jourdan, 1861 |
Type species | |
†Dinocyon thenardi Jourdan, 1861 | |
Species | |
†D. aurelianensis (Frick, 1926) |
Dinocyon is an extinct genus of hemicyonine bear of the Miocene epoch, endemic to Europe. It lived from around 20.3–5.3 Ma, existing for approximately 15 million years.
Fossil distribution
- Poysbrunn site, Austria
References
Qiu Zhanziang (2006), "Dispersals of Neogene Carnivorans between Asia and North America
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Extinct members of the family Ursidae
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Carnivora
- Suborder: Caniformia
†Cephalogalini |
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†Hemicyonini |
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†Phoberocyonini |
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Agriotheriini |
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Category:Prehistoric bears
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