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HARPAGOPHAGUS
(har-poe-fag-us)
Named By: L. de Bonis in 1971
Time Period: Oligocene
Location: France
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Caniformia | Amphicyonidae |
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Harpagophagus is an extinct genus of large, mostly carnivorous bone-crushing mammals known as bear dogs, of the family Amphicyonidae endemic to Europe during the Oligocene living from 33.9--23.03 Ma and existed for approximately 10.87 million years.

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