Hemicyoninae

"Dog bear" redirects here. For amphicyonidae, see Bear dog.

Hemicyoninae Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Late Miocene 33.9–5.3 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Hemicyon sansaniensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Family:	Ursidae^[1]
Subfamily:	†Hemicyoninae Frick, 1926
Genera
†Adelpharctos^[2] †Cephalogale^[1] †Cyonarctos^[1] †Dinocyon †Filholictis^[1] †Hemicyon †Phoberocyon †Phoberogale^[1] †Plithocyon †Zaragocyon

Wikispecies has information related to: Hemicyonidae

Hemicyoninae is an extinct subfamily of Ursidae^[1]^[2] often called "dog-bears", literally "half dog" (Greek: ἡμικυων "hemi-kuôn"), bear-like carnivoran living in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia during the Oligocene through Miocene epochs 33.9–5.3 Ma, existing for approximately 28.6 million years. They are sometimes classified by some authors as a separate family.^[3]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Louis De Bonis (2013). "Ursidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Late Oligocene of the "Phosphorites du Quercy" (France) and a reappraisal of the genus Cephalogale Geoffroy, 1862". Geodiversitas. 35 (4): 787–814. doi:10.5252/g2013n4a4.
1 2 L. de Bonis (2011). "A new species of Adelpharctos (Mammalia, Carnivora, Ursidae) from the late Oligocene of the "Phosphorites du Quercy" (France)". Estudios Geológicos. 67 (2): 179–186. doi:10.3989/egeol.40553.181.
↑ McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.