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HAPLOCYONOIDES
(hap-lo-sy-on-oy-dayz)
Named By: Hurzeler in 1940
Time Period: 20-16.9 Ma Late Eocene
Location: France
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Caniformia | Amphicyonidae | Amphicyoninae |
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Haplocyonoides is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog"), and which inhabited Europe from the Early Miocene subepoch (20 Mya)--(16.9 Mya). Haplocyonoides existed for approximately 3.1 million years.

Haplocyonoides was named by Hurzeler (1940) and was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).

Read more about Haplocyonoides at Wikipedia
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