Paradaphoenus
| Paradaphoenus Temporal range: Early Oligocene-Middle Miocene | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Mammalia | 
| Order: | Carnivora | 
| Suborder: | Caniformia | 
| Family: | †Amphicyonidae | 
| Genus: | † Wortman, Matthew (1899) | 
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Paradaphoenus is a physically small amphicyonid that inhabited North America from the Early Oligocene to the Middle Miocene, 33.3—15.97 Ma, existing for approximately 17 million years.[1] Fossils have been found at Haystack, Oregon, Banner County, Nebraska, Dawes County, Nebraska, and Sheep Mtn, South Dakota.
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