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Mammacyon

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Mammacyon
Temporal range: Late OligoceneEarly Miocene
Mammacyon obtusidens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Amphicyonidae
Subfamily: Temnocyoninae
Genus: Mammacyon
Loomis, 1936
Species
  • Mammacyon ferocior Hunt Jr., 2011
  • Mammacyon obtusidens Loomis, 1936

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]

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