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Amphicyon
Taxonomy
Amphicyon was named by Lartet (1836) [type European A. major; also said to be 1837]. Its type is Amphicyon major.
It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Lartet (1836) and Carroll (1988); and to Amphicyoninae by Hunt (1998) and Sach and Heizmann (2001).
It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Lartet (1836) and Carroll (1988); and to Amphicyoninae by Hunt (1998) and Sach and Heizmann (2001).
Species
A. frendens, A. galushai, A. gracilis, A. ingens, A. longiramus (syn. A. intermedius), A. major (type species), A. pontoni, A. reinheimeri, A. riggsi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Sister genera
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1836 | Amphicyon Lartet |
| 1988 | Amphicyon Carroll |
| 1998 | Amphicyon Hunt, Jr. p. 213 |
| 2001 | Amphicyon Sach and Heizmann p. 28 |
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