Harpagophagus
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| Harpagophagus Temporal range: Oligocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Caniformia |
| Superfamily: | †Amphicyonoidea |
| Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
| Genus: | †Harpagophagus De Bonis (1971) |
Harpagophagus is an extinct genus of large, mostly carnivorous bone-crushing mammals of the family Amphicyonidae endemic to Europe during the Oligocene living from 33.9 to 23.03 Ma and existed for approximately 10.87 million years. [1]
