Biology:Pseudocyon
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Short description: Extinct genus of carnivores
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| Pseudocyon sansaniensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
| Subfamily: | †Amphicyoninae |
| Genus: | †Pseudocyon Lartet, 1851 |
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Pseudocyon (False dog) is a genus of bear dog which inhabited Eurasia and North America during the Miocene epoch living approximately 3.22 million years.[1]
Pseudocyon was assigned to Amphicyoninae by Hunt in 1988 and to Amphicyonidae by Lartet (1851), Carroll (1988) and Pickford et al. in 2000.
Fossil distribution
Specimens were located in Belomechetskaia Russian Federation, Santa Cruz, New Mexico, Pontigne and Malartic, a la ferme Larrieu, France , and Nebraska. The largest fossil find was of a mandible (F:AM 49247) founded in New Mexico. The mass estimate derived from the mandible was about 773 kg, representing a very large individual of Pseudocyon.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Paleobiology Database: Pseudocyon, age range and collections
- ↑ Figueirido, Borja; Pérez-Claros, Juan A.; Hunt, Robert M.; Palmqvist, Paul (June 2011). "Body Mass Estimation in Amphicyonid Carnivoran Mammals: A Multiple Regression Approach from the Skull and Skeleton". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (2): 225–246. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0005. https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100005.pdf. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
Wikidata ☰ Q4779756 entry
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