Cynelos is a large extinct genus of amphicyonids which inhabited North America, Europe, and Africa from the Early Miocene subepoch to the Late Miocene subepoch 20.4–13.7 Mya, existing for approximately 6 million years.[1]

Cynelos
Temporal range: 20.4–13.7 Ma Early Miocene - Late Miocene
C. lemanensis skull
Restoration of Hyainailouros sulzeri (far left), Cynelos eurydon, Afrosmilus africanus and Hyainailouros napakensis (far right)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Amphicyonidae
Subfamily: Amphicyoninae
Genus: Cynelos
Jourdan, 1862
Type species
Amphicyon lemanensis
Species

See text

Species

edit
  • C. caroniavorus White, 1942
  • C. idoneus Matthew, 1924
  • C. lemanensis Pomel, 1846
  • C. malasi Hunt & Stepleton, 2015
  • C. stenos Hunt Jr. and Yatkola, 2020[2]
  • C. jitu Morlo, 2021[3]
  • C. sinapius Matthew, 1902

References

edit
  1. ^ Cynelos at fossilworks
  2. ^ Hunt R. M. Jr & Yatkola D. A. 2020.
  3. ^ Morla (2021). "A new species of the amphicyonid carnivore Cynelos Jourdan, 1862 from the early Miocene of North America". In Bonis, L. de; Werdelin, L. (eds.). Memorial to Stéphane Peigné: Carnivores (Hyaenodonta and Carnivora) of the Cenozoic. Vol. 42. pp. 57–67. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a5. S2CID 212688503. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)