Pliocyon

{{Short description|Extinct genus of carnivores}}

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|fossil_range = {{Fossilrange|20.6|13.6}}Early Miocene-Middle Miocene

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|taxon = Pliocyon

|authority = Matthew, 1918

|type_species = †Pliocyon medius

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision =

• P. medius Matthew 1918
• P. ossifragus Douglass 1903
• P. robustus Berta & Galiano 1984

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Pliocyon is an extinct genus of amphicyonids which inhabited North America during the Middle Miocene 16.0—13.6 Ma, existing for approximately {{Mya|16-14|million years}}.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41290 Paleobiology Database: Pliocyon, age range and collections] Fossils have been uncovered in South Florida, Oregon, and western Nebraska.