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Ancient Dogs, Bear-dogs & Direwolves

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Amphicyon ("ambiguous dog") is an extinct genus of large carnivorous bone-crushing mammals, popularly known as bear-dogs, of the family Amphicyonidae, subfamily Amphicyoninae, from the Aquitanian Epoch until the early Pleistocene. They ranged over North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa from 16.9—2.6 Ma ago, existing approximately 14.3 million years.
Amphicyon was the typical bear-dog amphicyonid with morphology similar to both bears and dogs. With its robust build and maximum length of 2.5 m (8 ft), the largest species looked more like a bear than a dog. It had a large heavy tail, thick neck, robust limbs and teeth like a wolf. It was probably an omnivore with a lifestyle comparable to that of the brown bear. The earliest occurrences of Amphicyon in North America are from the early to mid-Miocene, found in the Runningwater Formation in Sioux County, Nebraska, and from the lower part of the Troublesome Formation, Colorado (A. galushai, A. frendens, and A. ingens). Although other large amphicyonids from the Miocene of North America have been placed in Amphicyon, many of these carnivores are now placed in other amphicyonid genera.
Dimensions: length - 2,5 m, height - 120 сm, weight - 200-550 kg
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Ancient Dogs - brotherbear - 05-12-2016, 12:22 PM
RE: Ancient Dogs - brotherbear - 05-12-2016, 12:24 PM
RE: Ancient Dogs - brotherbear - 05-13-2016, 04:25 PM
RE: Ancient Dogs - brotherbear - 05-13-2016, 04:54 PM
RE: Ancient Dogs - epaiva - 06-07-2017, 07:11 AM
RE: Ancient Dogs - epaiva - 07-27-2017, 07:38 PM
RE: Ancient Dogs - epaiva - 08-03-2017, 06:06 PM
RE: Ancient Dogs - epaiva - 10-22-2017, 10:28 PM
RE: Ancient Dogs - epaiva - 02-14-2018, 07:24 AM
RE: Ancient Dogs - epaiva - 03-03-2018, 04:49 AM
RE: Ancient Dogs - epaiva - 08-06-2018, 08:24 PM
RE: Ancient Dogs - Wolverine - 11-14-2018, 09:10 AM
RE: Ancient Dogs - Wolverine - 02-18-2019, 11:51 AM
RE: Ancient Dogs - epaiva - 06-10-2019, 09:57 PM
RE: Ancient Dogs - epaiva - 06-13-2019, 07:42 PM
RE: Ancient Dogs - epaiva - 08-21-2019, 05:30 PM
RE: Ancient Dogs - epaiva - 11-07-2019, 07:18 AM
RE: Ancient Dogs - BorneanTiger - 11-20-2019, 06:13 PM
RE: Ancient Dogs - BorneanTiger - 11-28-2019, 10:55 PM
RE: Ancient Dogs - epaiva - 05-07-2020, 07:06 AM
Borophagines - Polar - 12-10-2016, 01:50 PM
RE: Borophagines - brotherbear - 12-10-2016, 02:27 PM
RE: Borophagines - jacksonsmash - 12-11-2016, 12:11 PM
RE: Borophagines - Polar - 12-11-2016, 12:37 PM
RE: Borophagines - brotherbear - 12-11-2016, 01:41 PM
Bear-dogs (Amphicyon) - epaiva - 07-02-2017, 07:11 PM
RE: Bear-dogs (Amphicyon ingens) - epaiva - 09-02-2017, 03:14 AM
Ancient Dogs - brotherbear - 04-02-2018, 08:06 PM
RE: Bear-dogs (Amphicyon ingens) - epaiva - 05-05-2018, 12:39 AM
RE: Bear-dogs (Amphicyon ingens) - epaiva - 08-04-2018, 11:03 PM
RE: Bear-dogs (Amphicyon) - epaiva - 10-17-2018, 05:50 PM
RE: Bear-dogs (Amphicyon) - epaiva - 10-19-2018, 07:27 PM
RE: Bear-dogs (Amphicyon) - epaiva - 06-28-2019, 07:52 PM
RE: Bear-dogs (Amphicyon) - epaiva - 07-05-2019, 04:46 AM
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