Pseudocyon

Pseudocyon
Temporal range: 15.97–12.75 Ma
Middle Miocene
Pseudocyon sansaniensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Amphicyonidae
Subfamily: Amphicyoninae
Genus: Pseudocyon
Lartet, 1851
Species
  • P. sansaniensis
  • P. steinheimensis
  • P. styriacus
Synonyms
  • Amphicyonopsis

Pseudocyon (False dog) is a genus of amphicyonid which inhabited Eurasia and North America during the Miocene epoch living approximately 3.22 million years.[1]

Pseudocyon was assigned to Amphicyoninae by Hunt in 1988 and to Amphicyonidae by Lartet (1851), Carroll (1988) and Pickford et al. in 2000.