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DAPHOENODON
(da-foe-noe-don)
meaning: "Daphoenus tooth"
Daphoenodon
Named By: Peterson in 1909
Time Period: Unavailable
Location: USA
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Many specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Caniformia | Amphicyonidae | Daphoeninae |
Also known as: | Borocyon robustum | Daphoenodon niobrarensis |
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Daphoenodon is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore, which belonged to the family Amphicyonidae ("bear dogs") of the suborder Caniformia.

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