Dinocyon

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.

Dinocyon
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this 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)
†D. sansaniensis (Frick, 1926)
†D. thenardi (Jourdan, 1861)

Fossil distribution

References

    Qiu Zhanziang (2006), "Dispersals of Neogene Carnivorans between Asia and North America


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