Named By: | Crusafont Pairo in 1955 |
Time Period: | Miocene |
Location: | China |
Size: | Weight estimated around 1.4 kilograms |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Caniformia | Amphicyonidae | |
Ictiocyon is an extinct genus of large, mostly carnivorous bone-crushing mammals known as bear dogs, of the family Amphicyonidae endemic to Asia during the Miocene living from 23.03--15.97 Ma and existed for approximately 7.06 million years.