Dinocyon

Dinocyon Temporal range: Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Family:	Hemicyonidae
Genus:	Dinocyon Jourdan, 1861
Species:	D. thenardi
Binomial name
Dinocyon thenardi Jourdan, 1861

Dinocyon is an extinct genus of bear-like hemicyonid carnivore of the Miocene epoch, endemic to Europe living from around 20.3—5.3 Ma, existing for approximately 15 million years.

Taxonomy

Dinocyon It was named by Jourdan (1861). It was assigned to Ursidae by Carroll (1988).^[1]

Fossil distribution

• Poysbrunn site, Austria ~20.3—5.3 Ma.

References

1. ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698

Qiu Zhanziang (2006), "Dispersals of Neogene Carnivorans between Asia and North America