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Paradaphoenus

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Paradaphoenus
Temporal range: 33.3–15.97 Ma Early Oligocene-Middle Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Amphicyonidae
Genus: Paradaphoenus
Wortman, Matthew (1899)
Species
  • P. cuspigerus
  • P. minimus
  • P. tooheyi

Paradaphoenus is a physically small amphicyonid that inhabited North America from the Early Oligocene to the Middle Miocene, 33.3—15.97 Ma, existing for approximately 17 million years.[1] Fossils have been found at Haystack, Oregon, Banner County, Nebraska, Dawes County, Nebraska, and Sheep Mtn, South Dakota.

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