Epicyon haydeni

Epicyon (Epicyon Leidy, 1858)

 

Order:Carnivora

Family: Canidae

Subfamily: †Borophaginae

Temporal range: during the Early Miocene to the Hemphillian of the Late Miocene (North America)

Dimensions: length - 1,7 m, height - 100 сm, weight - 120 kg

A typical representative: Epicyon haydeni Leidy,1858

 

Epicyon  is a large extinct canid genus of the subfamily Borophaginae ("bone-crushing dogs"), native to North America. It lived from the Hemingfordian age of the Early Miocene to the Hemphillian of the Late Miocene. Epicyon existed for about 12-9 million years. The largest known specimen weighed an estimated 170 kg.

dogs, endemic, canine, carnivore, predators, north america, miocene, epicyon, megafauna