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Pliocyon is an extinct genus of amphicyonids which inhabited North America during the Middle Miocene 16.0—13.6 Ma, existing for approximately 2 million years.[1] Fossils have been uncovered in South Florida, Oregon, and western Nebraska.
| Pliocyon Temporal range: Early Miocene-Middle Miocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
| Subfamily: | †Amphicyoninae |
| Genus: | †Pliocyon Matthew, 1918 |
| Type species | |
| †Pliocyon medius | |
| Species | |
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