Phoberogale
Extinct genus of bears
Phoberogale Temporal range: Oligocene–Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Skull and lower jaw of Phoberogale shareri, holotype, OCPC 21794 and 21795. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Ursidae |
Subfamily: | †Hemicyoninae |
Genus: | †Phoberogale Ginsberg & Morales, 1995 |
Type species | |
Phoberogale bugtiensis (Cooper, 1923) |
Phoberogale is an extinct genus of hemicyonine bear, which lived during the Early Miocene, found in France, California, and Pakistan, from 22 to 20 million years ago.
References
- Xiaoming Wang; Robert M. Hunt, Jr.; Richard H. Tedford; E. Bruce Lander (2009). "First record of immigrant Phoberogale (Mammalia, Ursidae, Carnivora) from Southern California" (PDF). Geodiversitas. 31 (4): 753–773. doi:10.5252/g2009n4a753. S2CID 129115561. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-12.
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Extinct members of the family Ursidae
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Carnivora
- Suborder: Caniformia
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†Hemicyonini |
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†Phoberocyonini |
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Agriotheriini |
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Ailuropodini |
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Tremarctos |
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Ursus |
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Category:Prehistoric bears