Pliocyon

Pliocyon; Temporal range: 20.6–13.6 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Oligocene-Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	†Amphicyonidae
Genus:	Pliocyon ; Matthew, 1918
Species
	P. medius; P. ossifragus; P. robustus;

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Pliocyon is genus of large amphicyonid caniformian carnivoran mammals which inhabited North America from the Early Miocene subepoch to the Middle Miocene subepoch 20.6—13.6 Ma, existing for approximately 7 million years.^[1]

Pliocyon was named by Matthew in 1918. Its type is Pliocyon medius.

Morphology

A single specimen was measured by Legendre and Roth in 1988 with an estimated mass of 101.2 kg (223 lbs).^[2]

P. medius, P. ossifragus, P. robustus

Amphicyon, Cynelos (syn. Absonodaphoenus, Hecubides), Ischyrocyon (syn. Hadrocyon), Pseudocyon (syn. Amphicyonopsis), Ysengrinia

Pliocyon has been uncovered in South Florida, Skull Spring, Oregon, and western Nebraska.

↑ Paleobiology Database: Pliocyon, age range and collections
↑ S. Legendre and C. Roth. 1988. Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (Mammalia). Historical Biology

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