'' Cynelos'' is a large extinct
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
bear dog
Amphicyonidae is an extinct family of terrestrial carnivorans belonging to the suborder Caniformia. They first appeared in North America in the middle Eocene (around 45 mya), spread to Europe by the late Eocene (35 mya), and appear in Asia, an ...
s which inhabited
North America,
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located enti ...
, and
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
from the
Early Miocene
The Early Miocene (also known as Lower Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages: the Aquitanian and Burdigalian stages.
The sub-epoch lasted from 23.03 ± 0.05 Ma to 15.97 ± 0.05 Ma (million years ago). It was p ...
subepoch to the
Late Miocene
The Late Miocene (also known as Upper Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages. The Tortonian and Messinian stages comprise the Late Miocene sub-epoch, which lasted from 11.63 Ma (million years ago) to 5.333 Ma.
The ...
subepoch 20.4—13.7
Mya, existing for approximately .
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[Hunt R. M. Jr & Yatkola D. A. 2020.
* ''C. jitu''Morlo, 2021 A new species of the amphicyonid carnivore ''Cynelos'' Jourdan, 1862 from the early Miocene of North America, in Bonis L. de & Werdelin L. (eds), Memorial to Stéphane Peigné: Carnivores (Hyaenodonta and Carnivora) of the Cenozoic. ''Geodiversitas'' 42 (5): 57-67.
https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a5. http://geodiversitas.com/42/5]
* ''C. sinapius''
Matthew, 1902
References
Miocene mammals of North America
Miocene mammals of Europe
Miocene mammals of Africa
Miocene bear dogs
Prehistoric carnivoran genera
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