Afrocyon
Introduction '''''Afrocyon''''' is an extinct genus of large, mostly carnivorous bone-crushing mammals known as bear dogs, of the family Amphicyonidae endemic to Africa during the Miocene to Pliocene living from 11.6 to 5.3 Ma and existed for approximately .
Taxonomy ''Afrocyon'' was named by Arambourg (1961). It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).
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