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PSEUDOCYONOPSIS
(soo-doe-sy-on-op-sis)
meaning: "False dog face"
Named By: Kuss in 1965
Time Period: 16.9-11.1 Ma Early Oligocene-Early Miocene
Location: Czech Republic, France
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Usually partial remains but enough to identify three species
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Caniformia | Amphicyonidae |
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Pseudocyonopsis is a member of the extinct family Amphicyonidae, a terrestrial carnivore belonging to the order Caniformia.

Pseudocyonopsis was named by Kuss in 1965 and was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).

Read more about Pseudocyonopsis at Wikipedia
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