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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...m=facebook Date: May 11, 2016 Source: University of Pennsylvania Summary: A doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania has identified a new species o

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Borophagines were prehistoric bone-crushing dogs: Archaeocyon leptodus (extinct 20 Mya) was one of the earliest and smallest dogs, and Epicyon haydeni (extinct 6 Mya) was the largest carnivorous dog—about the size of a grizzly bear. (Mauricio Antón)

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Amphicyonids were a family of carnivores that lived in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa for about 45 million years. They were part of a group of mammals called “Caniformia”, which includes animals such as seals, raccoons, weasels, skunks, otters, bears and dogs. The similarities of Amphicyonids and these last two are what gave them the colloquial name of “bear-dogs”.

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