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Paradaphoenus Temporal range: 33.3–15.97 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Oligocene-Middle Miocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	†Amphicyonidae
Genus:	†Paradaphoenus Wortman, Matthew (1899)
Species
P. cuspigerus P. minimus P. tooheyi

Paradaphoenus is a physically small amphicyonid that inhabited North America from the Early Oligocene to the Middle Miocene, 33.3—15.97 Ma, existing for approximately 17 million years. Fossils have been found at Haystack, Oregon, Banner County, Nebraska, Dawes County, Nebraska, and Sheep Mtn, South Dakota.

Sources

1. Paleobiology Database: Paradaphoenus, age range and collections

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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