Pliocyon

Pliocyon; Temporal range: 20.6–13.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Miocene-Middle Miocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	†Amphicyonidae
Subfamily:	†Amphicyoninae
Genus:	†Pliocyon; Matthew, 1918
Type species
	†Pliocyon medius;
Species
	P. medius Matthew 1918; P. ossifragus Douglass 1903; P. robustus Berta & Galiano 1984;

Pliocyon is an extinct genus of amphicyonids which inhabited North America during the Middle Miocene 16.0—13.6 Ma, existing for approximately 2 million years.^[1] Fossils have been uncovered in South Florida, Oregon, and western Nebraska.

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