†family Amphicyonidae Haeckel 1886 (bear-dog)
Parent taxon: Caniformia according to S. Tomiya 2011
Sister taxa: Canoidea, Cynoidea, Lycophocyon, Palaearctonyx, Procynodictis
Subtaxa: Afrocyon, Amphicyanis, Amphicyoninae, Aphicyoninae, Arctamphicyon, Brachycyon, Cynodictis, Daphoeninae, Drassonax, Goupilictis, Guangxicyon, Haplocyon, Haplocyoninae, Haplocyonoides, Haplocyonopsis, Harpagophagus, Ictiocyon, Pachycynodon, Paradaphoenus, Protemnocyon, Pseudamphicyon, Pseudarctos, Pseudocyonopsis, Sarcocyon, Symplectocyon, Temnocyoninae, Thaumastocyoninae, Vishnucyon
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore