Amphicyanis

Amphicyanis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Superfamily: †Amphicyonoidea
Family: †Amphicyonidae
Genus: †
Springhorn (1977)
Type species
Amphicyanis felinoides

Amphicyanis is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog"), and which inhabited Eurasia and North America.[1]

Amphicyanis was named by Springhorn (1977).[2] It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).[3]

Sources

  1. ^ Amphicyanis in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Springhorn, Rain (1977). "Revision der alttertiären europäischen Amphicyonidae (Carnivora, Mammalia)" [Revision of Paleogene European Amphicyonidae (Carnivora, Mammalia)]. Palaeontographica, Abteilung A. 158: 26–113.
  3. ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698


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