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Phoberogale shareri

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Taxonomy
Phoberogale shareri was named by Wang et al. (2009). Its type specimen is OCPC 21794 and 21795, a partial skeleton (rostral part of skull missing tip of inion and much of basicranial region, but with complete upper dentition except right P1, and nearly complete left dentary w), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cooper Center 02039, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial sandstone in the Sespe Formation of California.

It was recombined as Cephalogale shareri by de Bonis (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Phoberogale shareri Wang et al.
2009Phoberogale shareri Wang et al. p. 757 figs. 3 - 5
2013Cephalogale shareri de Bonis

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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
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
RankNameAuthor
Trechnotheria
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
tribeCephalogalini
genusPhoberogaleGinsburg and Morales 1995
speciesshareri

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.

Phoberogale shareri Wang et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available