Cynelos
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]
| Cynelos Temporal range: Early Miocene - Late Miocene | |
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| C. lemanensis skull | |
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| 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
- 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
- Cynelos at fossilworks
- 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.
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