Name: Afrocyon
(African dog).
Phonetic: Af-roe-sy-on.
Named By: Arambourg - 1961.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora,
Caniformia, Arctoidea, Amphicyonidae.
Species: A. burolleti (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Tunisia.
Time period: Serravallian to Messinian of the
Miocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Afrocyon was one of the mid/late Miocene bear dogs. It may have lived alongside others such as Agnotherium, but so far the remains of Afrocyon are dated to a point after the last known remains of Agnotherium which might suggest that Afrocyon replaced this other genus.