Phoberogale

Phoberogale
Temporal range: Oligocene–Miocene
Skull and lower jaw of Phoberogale shareri, holotype, OCPC 21794 and 21795.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Subfamily: Hemicyoninae
Genus: Phoberogale
Ginsberg & Morales, 1995
Type species
Phoberogale bugtiensis
(Cooper, 1923)

Phoberogale is an extinct genus of hemicyonine bear, which lived during the Early Miocene, found in France, California, and Pakistan, from 22 to 20 million years ago.

References

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  • Xiaoming Wang; Robert M. Hunt, Jr.; Richard H. Tedford; E. Bruce Lander (2009). "First record of immigrant Phoberogale (Mammalia, Ursidae, Carnivora) from Southern California" (PDF). Geodiversitas. 31 (4): 753–773. doi:10.5252/g2009n4a753. S2CID 129115561. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-12.