Angelarctocyon
| Angelarctocyon Temporal range: 39–33 Ma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
| Genus: | †Angelarctocyon Tomiya & Tseng, 2016 |
| Type species | |
| Angelarctocyon australis (Gustafson, 1986) | |
Angelarctocyon is an extinct genus of Amphicyonidae (bear dog), which belongs to the order Carnivora.
It was originally interpreted it as a miacid and named Miacis australis, however recent research has suggested it is an early amphicyonid .[1] Analysis of skeletal morphology suggests it is most closely related to another taxon previously attributed to Miacidae, Miacis cognitus, and the well known New World amphicyonid, Daphoenus.
References
- ↑ Susumu Tomiya; Zhijie Jack Tseng (2016). "Whence the beardogs? Reappraisal of the Middle to Late Eocene Miacis from Texas, USA, and the origin of Amphicyonidae (Mammalia, Carnivora)". Royal Society Open Science. 3 (10): 160518. doi:10.1098/rsos.160518.
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