Cynelos Explained
Cynelos is a large extinct genus of amphicyonids which inhabited North America, Europe, and Africa from the Early Miocene subepoch to the Late Miocene subepoch 20.4–13.7 Mya, existing for approximately .[1]
Species
- C. caroniavorus White, 1942
- C. idoneus Matthew, 1924
- C. lemanensis Pomel, 1846
- C. malasi Hunt & Stepleton, 2015
- C. stenos Hunt Jr. and Yatkola, 2020[2]
- C. jitu Morlo, 2021[3]
- C. sinapius Matthew, 1902
Notes and References
- http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=41275 Cynelos at fossilworks
- Hunt R. M. Jr & Yatkola D. A. 2020.
- Book: Morla . 2021 . Bonis . L. de . Werdelin . L. . Memorial to Stéphane Peigné: Carnivores (Hyaenodonta and Carnivora) of the Cenozoic . A new species of the amphicyonid carnivore Cynelos Jourdan, 1862 from the early Miocene of North America . http://geodiversitas.com/42/5 . Geodiversitas . 42 . 5 . 57–67 . 10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a5. 212688503.