Haplocyonoides Explained

Haplocyonoides is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog"), and which inhabited Europe from the Early Miocene subepoch (20 Mya)—(16.9 Mya). Haplocyonoides existed for approximately .^[1]

Haplocyonoides was named by Hürzeler (1940) and was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).

Fossil distribution

One site in Les Beilleaux, France.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paleobiology Database: Haplocyonoides, age range and collections . 2009-07-26 . 2012-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121013020811/http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=41283&is_real_user=1 . dead .