Cynarctina

{{Short description|Extinct subtribe of carnivores}}

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| name = Cynarctinans

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Early Miocene|Middle Miocene}}

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| taxon = Cynarctina

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| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = * Paracynarctus

• Cynarctus

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Cynarctina is an extinct clade of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America.X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392

They lived from the Early to Middle Miocene 16.0—10.3 Ma, existing for approximately {{Mya|16.0-10.3|million years}}. Cynarctines had rounded cusps on the molar teeth, similar to those seen in living bears, suggesting that they were likely omnivores.{{cite book |last1= Wang |first1= Xiaoming | last2= Tedford | first2= Richard H. | date= 2008 |title= Dogs, Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History |publisher= Columbia |page= 34 |isbn= 978-0-231-13528-3}}