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Hemicyoninae is an
extinct subfamily of Ursidae,
often called dog
bears (literally "half dog" (Gr****: ἡμικυων hemi-kyōn)). They were bear-like carnivorans...
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three extant subfamilies, as well as
three extinct ones: Agriotheriinae,
Hemicyoninae, and Ursavinae. Over 100
extinct Ursidae species have been found, though...
- raccoon-sized, dog-like
Cephalogale is the oldest-known
member of the
subfamily Hemicyoninae,
which first appeared during the
middle Oligocene in
Eurasia about 30 Mya...
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family includes the
extant lineages of bears, as well as the
extinct Hemicyoninae and Ursavinae. The
interrelationships of
ursoids has had
slight arrangements...
- was
postulated to be
otarioids that were a
transitional clade between Hemicyoninae (an
extinct subfamily of dog-like bears) and Otariidae.
Recent comprehensive...
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variously placed some of the
genera in
other bear
lineages such as
Hemicyoninae and Ursavinae.
Recent papers support their inclusion with
giant pandas...
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approximately 16 to 13 mya.
Hemicyon is the best-known
genus in the
Hemicyoninae, a
subfamily intermediate between bears and
their Caniform ancestors...
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Washington County,
Tennessee about 7.0-4.5 Mya Frick,
Childs (1926). "The
Hemicyoninæ and an
American Tertiary Bear".
Bulletin of the
American Museum of Natural...
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Animalia Phylum:
Chordata class:
Mammalia Order:
Carnivora Family:
Ursidae Subfamily: †
Hemicyoninae Genus: †Phoberocyon Ginsburg, 1955
Species See text...
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Ginsberg Plithocyon ursinus Cope, 1875 Ginsburg, L. & Morales, J. 1998. Les
Hemicyoninae (Ursidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) et les
formes apparentées du Miocène inférieur...
