Afrocyon

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Extinct genus of carnivores

title: "Afrocyon" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["prehistoric-carnivoran-genera", "miocene-amphicyonidae", "miocene-mammals-of-africa", "pliocene-carnivorans", "pliocene-extinctions", "pliocene-mammals-of-africa"] description: "Extinct genus of carnivores" topic_path: "general/prehistoric-carnivoran-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrocyon" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Extinct genus of carnivores ::

| name = Afrocyon | fossil_range = Miocene-Pliocene | taxon = Afrocyon | authority = Arambourg, 1961 | type_species = Afrocyon burolleti | type_species_authority = Arambourg, 1961 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = †Afrocyon burolleti* Afrocyon is an extinct genus of large, mostly carnivorous bone-crushing mammals known as bear dogs, of the family Amphicyonidae endemic to Africa during the Miocene to Pliocene living from 11.6 to 5.3 Ma and existed for approximately .

Taxonomy

Afrocyon was named by Arambourg (1961). It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).

References

[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41268 Paleobiology Database: ''Afrocyon''].
R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698

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