Magericyon

Magericyon
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Magericyon anceps
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Amphicyonidae
Subfamily: Amphicyoninae
Genus: Magericyon
Peigne, Salesa, Anton, Morales, 2008
Type species
Magericyon anceps
Peigne, Salesa, Anton, Morales, 2008
Species
  • M. anceps Peigne, Salesa, Anton, Morales, 2008
  • M. castellanus (Ginsburg, Morales, Soria, 1981)

Magericyon is an extinct genus of amphicyonid ("bear-dog") that lived during the Miocene 10-9 Ma (Vallesian Age) in what is now Spain.