Named By: | Hunt in 2002 |
Time Period: | Early Oligocene-Early Miocene |
Location: | USA, Wyoming |
Size: | Weight estimated between 68-69 kilograms |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Remains of three individuals |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Caniformia | Amphicyonidae | Daphoeninae | |
Adilophontes is an extinct genus of large, mostly carnivorous bone-crushing mammals known as bear dogs, of the family Amphicyonidae, endemic to North America during the Oligocene to Miocene, living from 24.8--20.6 Ma and existed for approximately 4.2 million years.