Biology:Brachyrhynchocyon

Brachyrhynchocyon; Temporal range: 33.9–33.3 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Late Eocene-Early Oligocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	†Amphicyonidae
Subfamily:	†Daphoeninae
Genus:	†Brachyrhynchocyon; Scott & Jepsen, 1936
Species
	†B. dodgei Scott 1898; †B. intermedius; †B. montanus;
Synonyms
	Daphoenocyon dodgei; Daphoenus dodgei; Daphoenus felinus; Brachicyon; Daphoenocyon;

Short description: Extinct genus of carnivores

Brachyrhynchocyon is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore, which belonged to the family Amphicyonidae ("bear dogs") of the suborder Caniformia.^[1]

References

↑ Hunt Jr., R. O. B. E. R. T. M. (2001). "Small Oligocene Amphicyonids from North America (Paradaphoenus, Mammalia, Carnivora)". American Museum Novitates (331): 1–20. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2001)331<0001:SOAFNA>2.0.CO;2.

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