Amphicyoninae

Amphicyoninae is a subfamily of extinct amphicyonids, large terrestrial carnivores sometimes called "bear-dogs", belonging to the suborder Caniformia, which inhabited North America, Eurasia, and Africa from the middle Eocene to the late Miocene.

Amphicyonines Temporal range: 37.2–5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Eocene - late Miocene
Sculpture interpretation of Paludocyon bohemicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Family:	†Amphicyonidae
Subfamily:	†Amphicyoninae Trouessart (1885)
Genera
†Brachycyon †Cynodictis †Goupilictis †Pseudocyonopsis Amphicyonini[1] †Afrocyon †Amphicyon †Bonisicyon †Cynelos †Heizmannocyon †Ischyrocyon †Janvierocyon †Mogharacyon †Myacyon †Namibiocyon †Paludocyon †Pliocyon †Tartarocyon Askazansorini[2] †Askazansoria Magericyonini[1] †Magericyon †Pseudocyon Pseudarctini[1] †Dehmicyon †Ictiocyon †Pseudarctos

Amphicyoninae was first named by Trouessart (1885). It was assigned to Canidae by Matthew (1902), to Ursidae by Ginsburg (1977) and to Amphicyonidae by Hunt (1998).^[3][4][5]

Genera include:

• Amphicyon, found in both Europe and N. America
• Cynelos, synonyms include Absonodaphoenus (from Florida) and Hecubides (from Africa^[6]), endemic to N. America
• Cynodictis
• Ischyrocyon (syn. Hadrocyon), endemic to N. America
• Goupilictis
• Magericyon
• Paludocyon
• Pliocyon, endemic to N. America
• Pseudocyon (syn. Amphicyonopsis), endemic to Europe and N. America

Fossil distribution

Specimens have been recovered from:

• Midway Site, Gadsden County, Florida ~18.9—18.8 Ma.
• Rabbitt Creek Site, Meagher County, Montana ~21.7—18 Ma.
• Grimes Landing Site, King William County, Virginia ~17.6 Ma.
• Arrisdrift, Namibia ~23.03—11.6 Ma.
• Les Beilleaux, France ~20—16.9 Ma.