Paradaphoenus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of carnivores}}

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| fossil_range = {{Fossilrange|33.3|15.97}}Early Oligocene-Middle Miocene

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| taxon = Paradaphoenus

| authority =Wortman, Matthew (1899)

|subdivision_ranks = Species

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• P. cuspigerus
• P. minimus
• P. tooheyi

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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 {{Mya|33-16|million years}}.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41289 Paleobiology Database: Paradaphoenus, age range and collections] Fossils have been found at Haystack, Oregon, Banner County, Nebraska, Dawes County, Nebraska, and Sheep Mtn, South Dakota.