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Magericyon fossil map

Where fossils of Magericyon have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 5 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 5 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Magericyon
Image: PePeEfe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived11.63–8.725 million years ago (Tortonian)
PeriodsNeogene
FamilyAmphicyonidae
Named byPeigné et al. 2008
Fossil records4 occurrences at 2 locations (PBDB)
Found inSpain
Rock formationstxn:41266

About Magericyon

Magericyon is an extinct genus of amphicyonid ("bear-dog") that lived during the Miocene 10-9 Ma (Vallesian Age) in what is now Spain.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Magericyon (revision 1369985054), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q25400575.

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