''Pseudocyon'' (False dog) is a genus of

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 inhabited

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and

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during the

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epoch living approximately . ''Pseudocyon'' was assigned to

Amphicyoninae Amphicyoninae is a subfamily of extinct bear-dogs, large terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia and which inhabited North America, Eurasia, and Africa from ~37.2—2.6 Ma. Amphicyoninae existed for approximately ~. Amp ...

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

Fossil distribution

Specimens were located in Belomechetskaia

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, Pontigne and Malartic, a la ferme Larrieu,

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, and

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. The largest fossil find was of a

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(F:AM 49247) founded in New Mexico. The mass estimate derived from the mandible was about 773 kg, representing a very large individual of ''Pseudocyon''.http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100005.pdf

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Prehistoric mammals of North America Bear dogs Miocene carnivorans Prehistoric carnivoran genera {{paleo-carnivora-stub