Hemicyoninae

Hemicyoninae Temporal range: Early Oligocene to Late Miocene 33.9–5.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Hemicyon sansaniensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Ursidae
Subfamily:	†Hemicyoninae Frick, 1926
Tribes and genera
Tribe † †[1] †[2] †Phoberogale[2] †[2] †Cephalogale[2] Tribe † †Plithocyon †Phoberocyon Tribe † †Zaragocyon †Dinocyon †Hemicyon

Wikispecies has information related to Hemicyonidae.

Hemicyoninae is an extinct subfamily of Ursidae^[2][1] often called "dog-bears", literally "half dog" (Greek: ἡμικυων hemi-kyōn), bear-like carnivoran living in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia during the Oligocene through Miocene epochs 33.9–5.3 Ma, existing for approximately 28.6 million years. They are sometimes classified as a separate family.^[3]

Systematics[]

• Subfamily †Hemicyoninae (Frick, 1926)
  • Tribe † (de Bonis, 2013)
    • † (de Bonis, 1971)
      • †Adelpharctos ginsburgi (de Bonis, 2011)
      • †Adelpharctos mirus (de Bonis, 1971)
    • † (de Bonis, 2013)
      • †Cyonarctos dessei (de Bonis, 2013)
    • †Phoberogale (Ginsburg & Morales, 1995)
      • †Phoberogale minor (Filhol, 1877)
      • †Phoberogale bonali (Helbing, 1928)
      • †Phoberogale depereti (Viret, 1929)
      • †Phoberogale gracile (Pomel, 1847)
    • † (de Bonis, 2013)
      • †Filholictis filholi (Munier-Chalmas, 1877)
    • †Cephalogale (Jourdan, 1862)
      • †Cephalogale shareri (Wang, et al., 2009)
      • †Cephalogale gergoviensis (Viret, 1929)
      • †Cephalogale ginesticus (Kuss, 1962)
      • †Cephalogale geoffroyi (Jourdan, 1862)
  • Tribe † (Ginsburg & Morales, 1995)
    • †Plithocyon (Ginsburg, 1955)
      • †Plithocyon armagnacensis (Ginsburg, 1955)
      • †Plithocyon statzlingii (Frick, 1926)
      • †Plithocyon bruneti (Ginsburg, 1980)
      • †Plithocyon barstowensis (Frick, 1926)
      • †Plithocyon ursinus (Cope, 1875)
    • †Phoberocyon (Ginsburg, 1955)
      • †Phoberocyon hispanicus (Ginsburg & Morales, 1998)
      • †Phoberocyon dehmi (Ginsburg, 1955)
      • †Phoberocyon huerzeleri (Ginsburg, 1955)
      • †Phoberocyon aurelianensis (Mayet, 1908)
      • †Phoberocyon youngi (Xiang et al., 1986)
      • †Phoberocyon johnhenryi (White, 1947)
  • Tribe † (Frick, 1926)
    • †Zaragocyon (Ginsburg & Morales, 1995)
      • †Zaragocyon daamsi (Ginsburg & Morales, 1995)
    • †Dinocyon (Jourdan, 1861)
      • †Dinocyon aurelianensis (Frick, 1926)
      • †Dinocyon sansaniensis (Frick, 1926)
      • †Dinocyon thenardi (Jourdan, 1861)
    • †Hemicyon (Lartet, 1851)
      • †Hemicyon barbouri (Colbert, 1941)
      • †Hemicyon teilhardi (Colbert, 1939)
      • †Hemicyon grivensis (Frick, 1926)
      • †Hemicyon minor (Dépéret, 1887)
      • †Hemicyon sansaniensis (Lartet, 1851)

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