Cynelos

Cynelos is a large extinct genus of amphicyonids which inhabited North America, Europe, and Africa from the Early Miocene subepoch to the Late Miocene subepoch 20.4–13.7 Mya, existing for approximately 6 million years.^[1]

Cynelos Temporal range: 20.4–13.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Miocene - Late Miocene
C. lemanensis skull
Restoration of Hyainailouros sulzeri (far left), Cynelos eurydon, Afrosmilus africanus and Hyainailouros napakensis (far right)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	†Amphicyonidae
Subfamily:	†Amphicyoninae
Genus:	†Cynelos Jourdan, 1862
Type species
†Amphicyon lemanensis
Species
See text

Species

• C. caroniavorus White, 1942
• C. idoneus Matthew, 1924
• C. lemanensis Pomel, 1846
• C. malasi Hunt & Stepleton, 2015
• C. stenos Hunt Jr. and Yatkola, 2020^[2]
• C. jitu Morlo, 2021^[3]
• C. sinapius Matthew, 1902