Paracynarctus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of carnivores}}

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

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| taxon = Paracynarctus

| authority = Wang et al., 1999

| type_species = †Paracynarctus sinclairi

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• †P. kelloggi, Merriam 1911
• †P. sinclairi, Wang et al. 1999

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Paracynarctus is an extinct genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America. It lived from the Early Miocene to Middle Miocene 16.0—13.6 Ma, existing for approximately {{Mya|16.0-13.6|million years}}.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41231 PaleoBiology Database: Paracynarctus Taxonomy, Species] It was likely an omnivore, and lacked the bone-cracking adaptations found in some later borophagines.{{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}}

P. kelloggi was originally found Virgin Valley, Nevada in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon.