Daphoenus transversus

Paradaphoenus transversus
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	†Amphicyonidae
Genus:	†Daphoenus
Species:	†Paradaphoenus transversus Wortman & Matthew (1899)

Paradaphoenus transversus is an extinct species of Amphicyonidae ("bear dogs"), a family of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, which inhabited North America.

Taxonomy

Paradaphoenus transversus was named by Wortman and Matthew (1899). Its type specimen is AMNH 6851, a maxilla (rostrum), and it is not a trace fossil. It was recombined as Daphoenus transversus by Hunt (1998).^[1]

References

1. ^ R. M. Hunt. 1998. Amphicyonidae. 196-227