Adilophontes Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | † Amphicyonidae |
Genus: | † Adilophontes Hunt, 2002 |
Species: | †A. brachykolos |
Binomial name | |
†Adilophontes brachykolos Hunt, 2002 | |
Adilophontes is an extinct monospecific genus of bear dogs, endemic to North America during the Oligocene to Miocene. It lived from 24.8 to 20.6 Ma, existing for approximately 4 million years. [1] Fossils have been found in Wyoming.