Mammacyon is an extinct genus of medium-sized amphicyonids endemic to North America during the Late Oligocene and Early Miocene. It lived from 26.3 to 20.4 Ma, existing for approximately 6 million years.[1]
Mammacyon Temporal range: Late Oligocene – Early Miocene
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Mammacyon obtusidens | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
Subfamily: | †Temnocyoninae |
Genus: | †Mammacyon Loomis, 1936 |
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