Ysengrinia
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†Ysengrinia
Leidy (1853)
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Ysengrinia is an extinct genus of large, mostly carnivorous bone-crushing mammals known as bear dogs, of the family Amphicyonidae found in Europe during the Late Oligocene and Early Miocene, in North America during the Early Miocene, and possibly in southwestern Africa during the Early Miocene.[1][2]
Taxonomy
Ysengrinia was named by Leidy (1853). was named by Ginsburg (1965). It was assigned to Amphicyoninae by Hunt (1998); and to Amphicyonidae by Ginsburg (1965), Carroll (1988) and Hunt (2002).[3]
Morphology
A single specimen was examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass and was estimated to weigh Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value)..[4]
References
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- ↑ R. M. Hunt. 2002. New amphicyonid carnivorans (Mammalia, Daphoeninae) from the early Miocene of southeastern Wyoming. American Museum Novitates 3385:1-41
- ↑ S. Legendre and C. Roth. 1988. Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (Mammalia). Historical Biology 1(1):85-98
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