Myacyon
Extinct genus of large sized carnivoran mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Maocyon or Miocyon.
Myacyon is an extinct genus of large sized carnivoran mammals, belonging to the family Amphicyonidae (“bear dogs”), that lived in Africa during the Miocene epoch. Due to the limited scope and fragmentary nature of the severely damaged holotype, as well as the illustrations in its descriptions, which have been called inadequate, usage of this genus poses serious issues.[1][2] However, it is notable for being one of the last surviving members of its family and its adaptions to hypercarnivory.[3] Its relationships to other amphicyonids are obscure, and it is not closely related to Bonisicyon, the other late surviving African genus, although it has been proposed that it descends from a species of Cynelos[4] or Namibiocyon.[5]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
Genus: | †Myacyon Sudre and Hartenberger, 1992 |
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†Myacyon dojambir Sudre and Hartenberger, 1992 | |
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