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possessed skeletal features that are characteristic of both ambush and pursuit living predators. As such, it is believed via this evidence that
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1292:Miocene mammals of North America
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275:ago, existing for approximately
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1312:Prehistoric carnivoran genera
1307:Fossil taxa described in 1904
1317:Prehistoric carnivoran stubs
16:Extinct genus of carnivores
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224:Matthew and Gidley (1904)
122:Scientific classification
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1223:This article related to
323:Esmeralda County, Nevada
387:Kern County, California
259:is an extinct genus of
373:Sioux County, Nebraska
343:Adam Risley Ranch Site
271:. It lived ~13.6β10.3
1287:Miocene Amphicyonidae
1190:Paleobiology Database
383:Dove Spring Formation
369:Snake Creek Formation
244:Ischyrocyon hyaenodus
397:Ash Hollow Formation
362:Trego County, Kansas
351:Donley County, Texas
329:Hemicyon Quarry Site
1227:animals from order
427:Sorkin, B. (2006).
393:Bluejay Quarry Site
316:Fossil distribution
238:Ischyrocyon gidleyi
437:Historical Biology
358:Ogallala Formation
356:WaKeeney (Unit C)
298:and its relative,
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1119:Taxon identifiers
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379:Iron Canyon Site
347:Goliad Formation
321:Blair Junction,
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1225:prehistoric
1127:Ischyrocyon
1034:Agnotherium
909:Daphoenodon
879:Daphoeninae
865:Tartarocyon
837:Pseudarctos
816:Namibiocyon
802:Mogharacyon
774:Ischyrocyon
753:Goupilictis
667:Storchictis
625:Harpagocyon
618:Gustafsonia
611:Guangxicyon
590:Amphicyanis
431:Ischyrocyon
310:Ischyrocyon
306:Ischyrocyon
296:Ischyrocyon
292:Ischyrocyon
256:Ischyrocyon
219:Ischyrocyon
198:Subfamily:
25:Ischyrocyon
1297:Barstovian
1276:Categories
1076:Ysengrinia
1055:Peignecyon
1041:Ammitocyon
851:Pseudocyon
823:Paludocyon
795:Magericyon
788:Maemohcyon
739:Cynodictis
725:Bonisicyon
681:Vishnucyon
646:Paludocyon
639:Meiniogale
604:Brachycyon
533:Suborder:
497:Genera of
408:References
31:Barstovian
1229:Carnivora
1142:Q11683729
1048:Crassidia
1011:Temnocyon
1004:Rudiocyon
997:Mammacyon
953:Haplocyon
939:Aktaucyon
916:Daphoenus
767:Istiocyon
760:Hecubides
746:Dehmicyon
711:Amphicyon
660:Sarcocyon
541:Carnivora
529:Carnivora
509:Kingdom:
403:~11.8 Ma.
375:~11.9 Ma.
339:~14.0 Ma.
301:Amphicyon
179:Carnivora
145:Kingdom:
139:Eukaryota
1136:Wikidata
1069:Tomocyon
946:Gobicyon
830:Pliocyon
704:Afrocyon
523:Mammalia
517:Chordata
515:Phylum:
511:Animalia
457:85341612
286:Behavior
230:Species
185:Family:
169:Mammalia
159:Chordata
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149:Animalia
135:Domain:
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1169:1041857
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732:Cynelos
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269:Miocene
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