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 .Paleobiology Database: Afrocyon.
Taxonomy Afrocyon was named by Arambourg (1961). It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
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