Cynelos
Extinct genus of carnivores
Cynelos Temporal range: 20.4–13.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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C. lemanensis skull | |
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Restoration of Hyainailouros sulzeri (far left), Cynelos eurydon, Afrosmilus africanus and Hyainailouros napakensis (far right) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
Subfamily: | †Amphicyoninae |
Genus: | †Cynelos Jourdan, 1862 |
Type species | |
†Amphicyon lemanensis | |
Species | |
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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 6 million years.[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
References
- ^ Cynelos at fossilworks
- ^ Hunt R. M. Jr & Yatkola D. A. 2020.
- ^ Morla (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. Vol. 42. pp. 57–67. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a5. S2CID 212688503.
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