Adilophontes

Adilophontes is an extinct monospecific genus of bear dogs, endemic to North America during the Oligocene to Miocene. It lived from 24.8 to 20.6 Ma, existing for approximately 4 million years.^[1] Fossils have been found in Wyoming.

Adilophontes Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Family:	†Amphicyonidae
Genus:	†Adilophontes Hunt, 2002
Species:	†A. brachykolos
Binomial name
†Adilophontes brachykolos Hunt, 2002