| Mammacyon Temporal range: Late Oligocene – Early Miocene | |
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| Mammacyon obtusidens | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
| Subfamily: | †Temnocyoninae |
| Genus: | †Mammacyon Loomis, 1936 |
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Mammacyon is an extinct genus of medium-sized amphicyonids endemic to North America during the Late Oligocene and Early Miocene. It lived from 26.3 to 20.4 Ma, existing for approximately 6 million years.[1]
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