Subfamily Aphicyoninae Trouessart 1885 (bear-dog)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Parent taxon: Amphicyonidae according to V. J. Sach and E. P. J. Heizmann 2001
Sister taxa: Afrocyon, Amphicyanis, Amphicyoninae, 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: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore