Cynelos
Extinct genus of carnivores
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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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
| Subfamily: | †Amphicyoninae |
| Genus: | †Cynelos Jourdan, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| †Amphicyon lemanensis | |
| Species | |
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