Cynelos Temporal range: Early Miocene -
Late Miocene
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C. lemanensis skull | |
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Restoration of Hyainailouros sulzeri (far left), Cynelos eurydon, Afrosmilus africanus and Hyainailouros napakensis (far right) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | † Amphicyonidae |
Subfamily: | † Amphicyoninae |
Genus: | †
Cynelos Jourdan, 1862 |
Type species | |
†Amphicyon lemanensis | |
Species | |
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Cynelos is a large extinct genus of amphicyonids which inhabited North America, Europe, and Africa from the Early Miocene subepoch to the Late Miocene subepoch 20.4–13.7 Mya, existing for approximately 6 million years. [1]
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Cynelos Temporal range: Early Miocene -
Late Miocene
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C. lemanensis skull | |
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Restoration of Hyainailouros sulzeri (far left), Cynelos eurydon, Afrosmilus africanus and Hyainailouros napakensis (far right) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | † Amphicyonidae |
Subfamily: | † Amphicyoninae |
Genus: | †
Cynelos Jourdan, 1862 |
Type species | |
†Amphicyon lemanensis | |
Species | |
See text |
Cynelos is a large extinct genus of amphicyonids which inhabited North America, Europe, and Africa from the Early Miocene subepoch to the Late Miocene subepoch 20.4–13.7 Mya, existing for approximately 6 million years. [1]
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