Pliocyon

Pliocyon is a physically large member of the extinct family Amphicyonidae of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, and which inhabited North America from the Early Miocene subepoch (20.6 Mya) to the Middle Miocene subepoch (13.6 Mya). Pliocyon existed for approximately.

Pliocyon was named by Matthew in 1918. Its type is Pliocyon medius.

Morphology
A single specimen was measured by Legendre and Roth in 1988 with an estimated mass of 101.2 kg (223 lbs).

Sister genera
Amphicyon, Cynelos (syn. Absonodaphoenus, Hecubides), Ischyrocyon (syn. Hadrocyon), Pseudocyon (syn. Amphicyonopsis), Ysengrinia''

Fossil distribution
Pliocyon has been uncovered in South Florida, Skull Spring, Oregon, and western Nebraska.