Hemicyoninae

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Hemicyoninae
Temporal range:
Ma
Hemicyon sansaniensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Subfamily: Hemicyoninae
Frick, 1926
Tribes and genera

Hemicyoninae is an

Ma, existing for approximately 28.6 million years. They are sometimes classified as a separate family.[3]

Systematics

The hemicyonines consists of three tribes: the Cephalogalini, Phoberocyonini, and Hemicyonini. In the past the hemicyonines were evaluated into family level (Hemicyonidae).[3] However the vast majority of papers and researchers that cover the evolution of bears often classified them as an extinct subfamily of ursids or stem-bears.[4][5] The genus Agriotherium was once classified as a hemicyonine[3] but recent work has shown the genus is a crown-ursid.[6]

  • Subfamily †Hemicyoninae Frick, 1926
    • Tribe †Cephalogalini de Bonis, 2013
      • Adelpharctos de Bonis, 1971
        • Adelpharctos ginsburgi de Bonis, 2011
        • Adelpharctos mirus de Bonis, 1971
      • Cyonarctos 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)
      • Filholictis 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 †Phoberocyonini 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 †Hemicyonini 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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