†subfamily Amphicyoninae Trouessart 1885 (bear-dog)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Parent taxon: Amphicyonidae according to R. M. Hunt 1998
Sister taxa: Afrocyon, Amphicyanis, 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
Subtaxa: Amphicyon, Cynelos, Ischyrocyon, Pliocyon, Pseudocyon, Thaumastocyonini, Ysengrinia
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore