{{Short description|Extinct genus of carnivores}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Oligocene|Early Miocene}} | image = Adilophontes brachycolos.jpeg | image_caption = | genus = Adilophontes | parent_authority = Hunt, 2002 | species = brachykolos | authority = Hunt, 2002 }}
'''''Adilophontes''''' is an extinct monospecific genus of bear dogs, endemic to North America during the Oligocene to Miocene. It lived from 24.8 to 20.6 Ma, existing for approximately {{Mya|25-21|million years}}.<ref>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41267 ''Adilophontes'' at fossilworks]</ref> Fossils have been found in Wyoming.
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Category:Amphicyonidae Category:Miocene Amphicyonidae Category:Oligocene caniforms Category:Burdigalian genus extinctions Category:Oligocene mammals of North America Category:Rupelian genus first appearances Category:Miocene mammals of North America Category:Monotypic prehistoric carnivoran genera
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