Named By: | Loomis in 1936 |
Time Period: | Oligocene-Miocene |
Location: | USA |
Size: | Estimated around 39 kilograms in weight |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Several specimens |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Caniformia | Amphicyonidae | Temnocyoninae | |
Mammacyon is an extinct genus of medium-sized amphicyonid caniformian carnivoran mammals endemic to North America during the Oligocene to Miocene living from 30.8--20.6 Ma and existed for approximately 10.2 million years.