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 | |
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).