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MAMMACYON
(mam-ma-sy-on)
meaning: "Mammal dog"
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 |
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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.

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