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Adilophontes

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Adilophontes
Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Early Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Amphicyonidae
Genus: Adilophontes
Hunt, 2002
Species:
A. brachykolos
Binomial name
Adilophontes brachykolos
Hunt, 2002

Adilophontes is an extinct monospecific genus of bear dogs, endemic to North America during the Oligocene to Miocene. It lived from 24.8 to 20.6 Ma, existing for approximately 4 million years.[1] Fossils have been found in Wyoming.

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