Cynelos

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Cynelos
Temporal range: 20.4–13.7 Ma Early Miocene - Late Miocene
Cynelos lemanensis.JPG
C. lemanensis skull
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Amphicyonidae
Subfamily: Amphicyoninae
Genus: Cynelos
Jourdan, 1862
Type species
Amphicyon lemanensis
Species

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Cynelos is a large extinct genus of bear dogs which inhabited North America, Europe, and Africa from the Early Miocene subepoch to the Late Miocene subepoch 20.4—13.7 Mya, existing for approximately 6 million years.[1]

Species

  • C. caroniavorus White, 1942
  • C. idoneus Matthew, 1924
  • C. lemanensis Pomel, 1846
  • C. malasi Hunt & Stepleton, 2015
  • C. stenosHunt Jr. and Yatkola, 2020[2]
  • C. sinapius Matthew, 1902

References

  1. ^ Cynelos at fossilworks
  2. ^ Hunt R. M. Jr & Yatkola D. A. 2020.
    • C. jituMorlo, 2021 A new species of the amphicyonid carnivore Cynelos Jourdan, 1862 from the early Miocene of North America, in Bonis L. de & Werdelin L. (eds), Memorial to Stéphane Peigné: Carnivores (Hyaenodonta and Carnivora) of the Cenozoic. Geodiversitas 42 (5): 57-67.
    https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a5. http://geodiversitas.com/42/5

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