Cynelos is a large extinct genus of amphicyonids which inhabited North America, Europe, and Africa from the Early Miocene subepoch to the Late Miocene subepoch 20.4–13.7 Mya, existing for approximately 6 million years.[1]
| Cynelos Temporal range: Early Miocene - Late Miocene
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| C. lemanensis skull | |
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| Restoration of Hyainailouros sulzeri (far left), Cynelos eurydon, Afrosmilus africanus and Hyainailouros napakensis (far right) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
| Subfamily: | †Amphicyoninae |
| Genus: | †Cynelos Jourdan, 1862 |
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| †Amphicyon lemanensis | |
| Species | |
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Species
editReferences
edit- ^ Cynelos at fossilworks
- ^ Hunt R. M. Jr & Yatkola D. A. 2020.
- ^ Morla (2021). "A new species of the amphicyonid carnivore Cynelos Jourdan, 1862 from the early Miocene of North America". In Bonis, L. de; Werdelin, L. (eds.). Memorial to Stéphane Peigné: Carnivores (Hyaenodonta and Carnivora) of the Cenozoic. Vol. 42. pp. 57–67. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a5. S2CID 212688503.
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