Angelarctocyon is an extinct genus of Amphicyonidae (bear dog), which belongs to the order Carnivora.

Angelarctocyon
Temporal range: 39–33 Ma Middle Eocene to Early Oligocene
Lower jaw
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Amphicyonidae
Genus: Angelarctocyon
Tomiya & Tseng, 2016
Species:
A. australis
Binomial name
Angelarctocyon australis
(Gustafson, 1986)

It was originally interpreted as a miacid and named Miacis australis; however, recent research has suggested it is an early amphicyonid.[1] Analysis of skeletal morphology suggests it is most closely related to another taxon previously attributed to Miacidae, Miacis cognitus, and the well known New World amphicyonid, Daphoenus.

References

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  1. ^ Susumu Tomiya; Zhijie Jack Tseng (2016). "Whence the beardogs? Reappraisal of the Middle to Late Eocene Miacis from Texas, USA, and the origin of Amphicyonidae (Mammalia, Carnivora)". Royal Society Open Science. 3 (10): 160518. Bibcode:2016RSOS....360518T. doi:10.1098/rsos.160518. PMC 5098994. PMID 27853569.