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ISCHYROCYON
(is-che-ro-sy-on)
Named By: Matthew and Gidley in 1904
Time Period: Miocene
Location: USA
Size: Weight estimated around 161 kilograms
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Multiple specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Caniformia | Amphicyonidae |
Also known as: | Hadrocyon |
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Ischyrocyon is an extinct genus of large, mostly carnivorous mammals (bone-crushers) known as bear dogs, of the family Amphicyonidae, subfamily Amphicyoninae, which inhabited North America during the Miocene living from ~16.3--10.3 Ma and existed for approximately 6 million years.

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