Pliocyon
| Pliocyon Temporal range: 20.6–13.6 Ma | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
| Genus: | Pliocyon Matthew, 1918 |
| Species | |
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Pliocyon is genus of large amphicyonid caniformian carnivoran mammals which inhabited North America from the Early Miocene subepoch to the Middle Miocene subepoch 20.6—13.6 Ma, existing for approximately 7 million years.[1]
Pliocyon was named by Matthew in 1918. Its type is Pliocyon medius.
Morphology
A single specimen was measured by Legendre and Roth in 1988 with an estimated mass of 101.2 kg (223 lbs).[2]
Species
P. medius, P. ossifragus, P. robustus
Sister genera
Amphicyon, Cynelos (syn. Absonodaphoenus, Hecubides), Ischyrocyon (syn. Hadrocyon), Pseudocyon (syn. Amphicyonopsis), Ysengrinia
Fossil distribution
Pliocyon has been uncovered in South Florida, Skull Spring, Oregon, and western Nebraska.
References
- ↑ Paleobiology Database: Pliocyon, age range and collections
- ↑ S. Legendre and C. Roth. 1988. Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (Mammalia). Historical Biology
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