''Angelarctocyon'' is an extinct

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of Amphicyonidae (

bear dog Amphicyonidae is an extinct family of terrestrial carnivorans belonging to the suborder Caniformia. They first appeared in North America in the middle Eocene (around 45 mya), spread to Europe by the late Eocene (35 mya), and appear in Asia, a ...

), which belongs to the order

Carnivora Carnivora is a Clade, monophyletic order of Placentalia, placental mammals consisting of the most recent common ancestor of all felidae, cat-like and canidae, dog-like animals, and all descendants of that ancestor. Members of this group are f ...

. It was originally interpreted as a miacid and named ''

Miacis ''Miacis'' is a genus of extinct carnivorous mammals that appeared in the late Paleocene and continued through the Eocene. The genus ''Miacis'' is not monophyletic but a diverse collection of species that belong to the stemgroup within the Ca ...

australis'', however recent research has suggested it is an early amphicyonid. Analysis of skeletal morphology suggests it is most closely related to another

taxon In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; plural taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular nam ...

previously attributed to

Miacidae Miacids are extinct primitive carnivoramorphans within the family Miacidae that lived during the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, about 62–34 million years ago. Miacids existed for approximately . Miacids are thought to have evolved into the ...

, ''

Miacis cognitus ''Gustafsonia'' is an extinct genus of carnivoran belonging to the family Amphicyonidae (a bear dog). The type species, ''Gustafsonia cognita'', was described in 1986 by Eric Paul Gustafson, who originally interpreted it as a miacid and named i ...

'', and the well known New World amphicyonid, ''

Daphoenus ''Daphoenus'' is an extinct genus of bear dogs. ''Daphoenus'' inhabited North America from the Middle Eocene to the Middle Miocene, 37.2—16.0 Mya, existing for approximately . Species ''D. hartshornianus'' fossils found in Oligocene Orellan ...

''.

References

Bear dogs Eocene mammals of North America Fossil taxa described in 2016 Prehistoric carnivoran genera {{paleogene-stub