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 | |
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.