Phoberocyon
| Phoberocyon Temporal range: Early Miocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Caniformia |
| Family: | Hemicyonidae |
| Genus: | Phoberocyon Ginsburg, 1955 |
| Species | |
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Phoberocyon is a large extinct genus of carnivorous Hemicyonid, found primarily in North America during the Miocene living from 20.6—16.3 mya, existing for approximately 4.3 million years.[1] One species, P. hispanicus, is known from Miocene Spain.
Taxonomy
Phoberocyon was named by Ginsburg (1955). It was assigned to Ursidae by Ginsburg (1955)[2] and Carroll (1988); and to Hemicyoninae by Hunt (1998).[3][4]
Morphology
Two specimens were examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass.[5]
- Specimen 1: 83 kg (180 lb).
- Specimen 2: 689.3 kg (1,500 lb).
Fossil distribution
- Thomas Farm Site, Alachua Formation, Gilchrist County, Florida Phoberocyon johnhenryi ~20.6—16.3 Ma. This is the only known specimen.
Species
- Phoberocyon hispanicus Ginsburg 7 Morales, 1998
- Phoberocyon dehmi (Ginsburg, 1955)
- Phoberocyon aurelianensis (Mayet, 1908)
- Phoberocyon youngi
- Phoberocyon johnhenryi (White, 1947)
- Phoberocyon huerzeleri Ginsburg, 1955
References
- ↑ PaleoBiology Database: Phoberocyon, basic info
- ↑ Ginsburg, L. & Morales, J. 1998. Les Hemicyoninae (Urhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemicyonidaesidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) et les formes apparentées du Miocène inférieur et moyen d'Europe occidentale. Ann. Paléontol. 84 (1): 71-123.
- ↑ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
- ↑ Hunt, R. M. (1998). "Ursidae". In Jacobs, Louis; Janis, Christine M.; Scott, Kathleen L. Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 1, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate like Mammals. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 174–195. ISBN 0-521-35519-2.
- ↑ S. Legendre and C. Roth. 1988. Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (Mammalia). Historical Biology 1(1):85-98