†Amphicyon †Bonisicyon †Cynelos †Cynodictis †Goupilictis †Ischyrocyon †Magericyon †Mogharacyon †Myacyon †Namibiocyon †Paludocyon †Pliocyon †Pseudocyon †Tartarocyon Amphicyoninae is a subfamily of extinct amphicyonids, large terrestrial carnivores sometimes called "bear-dogs", belonging to the suborder Caniformia, which inhabited North America, Eurasia, and Africa from the middle Eocene to the late Miocene.
Amphicyoninae was first named by Trouessart (1885).
It was assigned to Canidae by Matthew (1902), to Ursidae by Ginsburg (1977) and to Amphicyonidae by Hunt (1998).
[1][2][3] Genera include: Specimens have been recovered from:
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