Thaumastocyonini
Extinct tribe of carnivores
Thaumastocyonini Temporal range: Early Oligocene–Late Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
Subfamily: | †Amphicyoninae |
Tribe: | †Thaumastocyonini Ginsburg (1977) |
Thaumastocyonini is an extinct tribe of large, carnivorous mammals (bone-crushers) known as bear dogs, of the family Amphicyonidae, subfamily Amphicyoninae, which inhabited Europe during the Miocene living from ~16.9—7.25 Ma and existed for approximately 9.65 million years. It was originally erected to include only the genus Agnotherium,[1] and is no longer used.[2]
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