Dinocyon
Extinct genus of bears
| Dinocyon Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Subfamily: | †Hemicyoninae |
| Genus: | †Dinocyon Jourdan, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| †Dinocyon thenardi Jourdan, 1861 | |
| Species | |
| †D. aurelianensis (Frick, 1926) | |
Dinocyon is an extinct genus of hemicyonine bear of the Miocene epoch, endemic to Europe. It lived from around 20.3–5.3 Ma, existing for approximately 15 million years.
Fossil distribution
- Poysbrunn site, Austria
References
Qiu Zhanziang (2006), "Dispersals of Neogene Carnivorans between Asia and North America
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Carnivora
- Suborder: Caniformia
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| †Phoberocyonini |
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