Pseudocyon

Pseudocyon
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Pseudocyon sansaniensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Amphicyonidae
Subfamily: Amphicyoninae
Genus: Pseudocyon
Lartet, 1851
Species
  • P. sansaniensis
  • P. steinheimensis
  • P. styriacus
Synonyms
  • Amphicyonopsis

Pseudocyon (False dog) is a genus of amphicyonid which inhabited Eurasia and North America during the Miocene epoch living approximately 3.22 million years.

Pseudocyon was assigned to Amphicyoninae by Hunt in 1988 and to Amphicyonidae by Lartet (1851), Carroll (1988) and Pickford et al. in 2000.