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Phoberocyon

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Taxonomy
Phoberocyon was named by Ginsburg (1955) [type P. aurelianensis from France].

It was reranked as Hemicyon (Phoberocyon) by Tedford and Frailey (1976).

It was assigned to Hemicyon by Tedford and Frailey (1976); to Ursidae by Ginsburg (1955) and Carroll (1988); and to Hemicyoninae by Hunt (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Phoberocyon Ginsburg
1976Hemicyon (Phoberocyon) Tedford and Frailey p. 4
1988Phoberocyon Carroll
1998Phoberocyon Hunt, Jr. p. 181

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Ursida
superfamilyUrsoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyUrsidaeGray 1825
subfamilyHemicyoninae
genusPhoberocyonGinsburg 1955

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Phoberocyon Ginsburg 1955
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†Phoberocyon huerzeleri Ginsburg 1955
†Phoberocyon johnhenryi White 1947
†Phoberocyon youngi Xiang 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:31:30
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Langhian or 28.10000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France P. hispanicus (187576)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France P. dehmi (148399)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Loiret) P. aurelianensis (181642 181675)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Maine-et-Loire) P. dehmi (48069)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France P. dehmi, P. aurelianensis (187579)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Aelurodon johnhenryi (18597)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97France P. dehmi (142146)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Hubei) Hemicyon youngi (42068)