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Pristinailurus
Pristinailurus bristoli is a fossil species in the carnivoran family Ailuridae. It is well-represented in the Hemphillian-aged deposits at the Gray Fossil Site in Gray, Tennessee. It was significantly larger than the living Ailurus, but probably possessed a comparatively weaker bite. P. bristoli was sexually dimorphic, as males appeared to have been up to twice the size of females.
== Anatomy ==
thumb|Bristols panda skeleton
P. bristoli was likely adapted to terrestrial and some arboreal locomotion, with a generalist diet.
Cyonasua
Cyonasua (meaning "dog-coati" in Greek) is an extinct genus of procyonid from the Late Miocene to Middle Pleistocene of South America. Fossils of Cyonasua have been found in Argentina (Ituzaingó, Epecuén, Huayquerías, Monte Hermoso, Chapadmalal, Maimará, Ensenada, La Playa, Chiquimil, Andalhuala, and Cerro Azul Formations), Bolivia (Tariquía Formation), Uruguay (Camacho Formation), and Venezuela (San Gregorio Formation). The oldest well-dated fossils of Cyonasua are approximately 7.3 million years old. Most fossils of Cyonasua are late Miocene to early late Pliocene (Huayquerian to Chapadmalal
Alopecocyon
Alopecocyon is a fossil genus of ailurid belonging to the subfamily Simocyoninae. It has two species, Alopecocyon goeriachensis and Alopecocyon getti. It is based on fragmentary fossils dating to the middle Miocene of both Europe and Asia.