Named By: | Springhorn in 1977 |
Time Period: | Unavailable |
Location: | Eurasia and North America |
Size: | Unavailable |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Unavailable |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Caniformia | Amphicyonidae | |
Amphicyanis is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog"), and which inhabited Eurasia and North America.
Amphicyanis was named by Springhorn (1977). It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).