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Amphicyonidae is a diverse extinct family of Carnivora, with their oldest fossil records in the middle Eocene and their youngest in the late Miocene. Amphicyonidae have been considered as close ...

Bear dogs, an extinct group of land-based carnivores in the family Amphicyonidae, are not in the bear family (Ursidae) or the dog family (Canidae), though they possess physical features similar to ...

Despite their name, these bear-dog creatures were neither bears nor really dogs. However, this did not prevent them from having characteristics similar to canines (dogs, wolves, foxes) and ursids ...

New Species Of Prehistoric European-Dwelling “Bear Dog” Named After Human-Eating Cyclops This beast weighed the same as an upright Schumann piano.

The aspect of geographical distribution comes into the spotlight due to the fact that this is the first Amphicyonidae fossil to be found in the Pyrenees Mountain range which suggests that bear dogs ...

The most striking feature of the fossilised remain was the creature's teeth, according to the researchers. Unlike other amphicyonidae specimens, it has a unique fourth lower premolar. The team made ...

"Unlike the familiar amphicyonidae specimens, this animal has a unique fourth lower premolar. "This tooth is particularly important for determining species and genera.

Amphicyonidae species ranged in size from around 5 kgs to 770kgs and had wolf-like and bear-like features. They disappeared from Europe some 7.5 million years ago.