Amphicyanis

Amphicyanis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Superfamily: †Amphicyonoidea
Family: †Amphicyonidae
Genus: †Amphicyanis
Springhorn (1977)
Type species
Amphicyanis felinoides

Amphicyanis is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog"), and which inhabited Eurasia and North America.[1]

Amphicyanis was named by Springhorn (1977).[2] It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).[3]

Sources

  1. ^ Amphicyanis in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Springhorn, Rain (1977). "Revision der alttertiären europäischen Amphicyonidae (Carnivora, Mammalia)" [Revision of Paleogene European Amphicyonidae (Carnivora, Mammalia)]. Palaeontographica, Abteilung A. 158: 26–113.
  3. ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698


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