Cynelos
Cynelos is a large extinct genus of amphicyonids 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]
Cynelos Temporal range: Early Miocene - Late Miocene | |
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C. lemanensis skull | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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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Species
References
- Cynelos at fossilworks
- Hunt R. M. Jr & Yatkola D. A. 2020.
- Morla (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. pp. 57–67. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a5. S2CID 212688503.
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