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PROTEMNOCYON
(pro-tem-no-sy-on)
meaning: "Before Temnocyon"
Named By: Hatcher in 1901
Time Period: Unavailable
Location: Unavailable
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Unavailable
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Caniformia | Amphicyonidae |
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Haplocyonopsis is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog").

Haplocyonopsis was named by de Bonis (1973) and was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).

Read more about Protemnocyon at Wikipedia
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