File:Daphoenus vetus skeleton.jpg

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English: Daphoenus felinus Scott, 1898 - fossil mammal skeleton from the Middle Oligocene of Nebraska, USA. (CM 492, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)

This species is considered by some to be a junior synonym of Daphoenus vetus.

From museum signage: "This giant bear-dog, although distantly related to modern dogs, was more like a bear in its habits."

Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Caniformia, Amphicyonidae

Locality: Cedar Creek area, Hat Creek Basin, Sioux County, northwestern Nebraska, USA


See info. at:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphoenus
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Author James St. John

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