Delotrochanter
Extinct genus of large-sized carnivoran mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Delotrochanter is an extinct genus of large-sized carnivoran mammals, belonging to the Amphicyonidae ("bear dogs"), that lived in the Great Plains of North America during the Oligocene to Early Miocene. This genus includes some of the largest and last surviving members of the subfamily Temnocyoninae. it furthermore possesses adaptions towards both bone-crushing and cursoriality.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
Subfamily: | †Temnocyoninae |
Genus: | †Delotrochanter Hunt, 2011 |
Type species | |
†Delotrochanter oryktes Hunt, 2011 | |
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