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Hemicyonidae
Description | Hemicyoninae is an extinct subfamily of Ursidae often called "dog-bears", literally "half dog" (Greek: ἡμικυων hemi-kyōn), bear-like carnivoran living in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia during the Oligocene through Miocene epochs 33.9–5.3 Ma, existing for approximately 28.6 million years. They are sometimes classified by some authors as a separate family. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemicyonidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Hemicyonidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scientific Name | Hemicyonidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemicyonidae |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Agriotherium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 39 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
Cephalogale ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
Hemicyon ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 26 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 13.6 Ma Miocene | |
Zaragocyon ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 22.4 Ma Miocene | 22.4 Ma Miocene |
References
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Systema Naturae 2000 (2006 version) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!