''Phoberocyon'' is a large extinct genus of hemicyonine bear, found primarily in

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during the

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. It lived from 28.4 to 13.7 mya, existing for approximately .''Phoberocyon'' at fossilworks
/ref> One species, ''P. hispanicus'', is known from Miocene

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Species

* ''Phoberocyon hispanicus'' Ginsburg & Morales, 1998 * ''Phoberocyon dehmi'' Ginsburg, 1955 * ''Phoberocyon aurelianensis'' Mayet, 1908 * ''Phoberocyon johnhenryi'' White, 1947 * ''Phoberocyon huerzeleri'' Ginsburg, 1955

References

Hemicyonids Miocene carnivorans Burdigalian extinctions Prehistoric mammals of North America Aquitanian genus first appearances Fossil taxa described in 1955 Prehistoric carnivoran genera {{paleo-carnivora-stub