Guangxicyon

Extinct genus of carnivores

Guangxicyon Temporal range: 37–33 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Late Eocene

Lower jaw
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	†Amphicyonidae
Genus:	†Guangxicyon Zhai et al., 2003
Species:	†G. sinoamericanus
Binomial name
†Guangxicyon sinoamericanus Zhai et al., 2003

Guangxicyon is an extinct genus of amphicyonid carnivoran, or "bear dog," which inhabited Central Asia during the Late Eocene subepoch, 37—33 Ma, existing for approximately 4 million years.^[1]^[2]

Guangxicyon was named by Zhai et al. in 2003. Its type and only known species is Guangxicyon sinoamericanus.

Fossil distribution

^ Zhai Renjie, Russell L. Ciochon, Tong Yongsheng, Donald E. Savage, Michael Morlo, Patricia A. Holroyd, and Gregg F. Gunnell. (2003) An aberrant amphicyonid mammal from the latest Eocene of the Bose Basin, Guangxi, China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48 (2), 293-300
^ "Paleobiology Database: Gobicyon, age range and collections". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-07-26.

Amphicyanis Angelarctocyon Brachycyon Guangxicyon Gustafsonia Harpagocyon Harpagophagus Meiniogale Paludocyon Paradaphoenus Sarcocyon Storchictis Symplectocyon Vishnucyon
†Amphicyoninae	Afrocyon Amphicyon Askazansoria Bonisicyon Cynelos Cynodictis Dehmicyon Goupilictis Hecubides Istiocyon Ischyrocyon Janvierocyon Maemohcyon Magericyon Mogharacyon Myacyon Namibiocyon Paludocyon Pliocyon Pseudarctos Pseudamphicyon Pseudocyon Pseudocyonopsis Tartarocyon
†Daphoeninae	Adilophontes Brachyrhyncocyon Daphoenictis Daphoenodon Daphoenus
†Haplocyoninae	Aktaucyon Gobicyon Haplocyon Haplocyonoides Haplocyonopsis
†Temnocyoninae	Delotrochanter Mammacyon Rudiocyon Temnocyon
†Thaumastocyoninae	Agnotherium Ammitocyon Crassidia Peignecyon Thaumastocyon Tomocyon Ysengrinia