Dinocyon
| Dinocyon Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Subfamily: | †Hemicyoninae |
| Genus: | †Dinocyon Jourdan, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| †Dinocyon thenardi Jourdan, 1861 | |
| Species | |
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†D. sansaniensis (Frick, 1926) | |
Dinocyon is an extinct genus of hemicyonine bear of the Miocene epoch, endemic to Europe. It lived from around 12.75-9.7 Ma, existing for approximately 3 million years.
Fossil distribution
- Poysbrunn site, Austria
References
- Ginsburg, L. & Morales, J. 1998. Les Hemicyoninae (Ursidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) et les formes apparentées du Miocène inférieur et moyen d'Europe occidentale. Ann. Paléontol. 84 (1): 71–123.
- Qiu Zhanziang (2006), "Dispersals of Neogene Carnivorans between Asia and North America