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Adilophontes Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific 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. Fossils have been found in Wyoming.

References

1. Adilophontes at fossilworks

v t e Genera of amphicyonids
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Suborder: Amphicyonoidea Superfamily: Carnivora
Amphicyonidae †Amphicyonidae 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

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• Burdigalian genus extinctions
• Oligocene mammals of North America
• Rupelian genus first appearances
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• Monotypic prehistoric carnivoran genera
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