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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
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
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
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