Biology:Phoberogale

Short description: Extinct genus of bears

Phoberogale Temporal range: Oligocene–Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skull and lower jaw of Phoberogale shareri, holotype, OCPC 21794 and 21795.
Scientific 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

• Xiaoming Wang; Robert M. Hunt, Jr.; Richard H. Tedford; E. Bruce Lander (2009). "First record of immigrant Phoberogale (Mammalia, Ursidae, Carnivora) from Southern California". Geodiversitas 31 (4): 753–773. doi:10.5252/g2009n4a753. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20110612063541/http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/22693_g09n4a5-web.pdf. 

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