Hemicyon Lartet 1851 (bear)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Parent taxon: Hemicyoninae according to H. Astibia et al. 2000

See also Alroy 2002, Bourguignat 1875, Carroll 1988, Frick 1926 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010

Sister taxa: Cephalogalini, Dinocyon, Phoberocyon, Plithocyon, Zaragocyon

Subtaxa: Hemicyon barbouri Hemicyon goriachensis Hemicyon grivensis Hemicyon mayorali Hemicyon minor Hemicyon sansaniensis Hemicyon statzlingii

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 collection), France (12), Germany (1), Slovakia (2), Spain (4), Turkey (1), United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 22 collections including 27 occurrences

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