Extinct genus of bears
Plithocyon | |
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Plithocyon armagnacensis skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Ursidae |
Subfamily: | †Hemicyoninae |
Genus: | †Plithocyon Ginsburg, 1955 |
Species | |
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Plithocyon is: an extinct genus of hemicyonine bear of the: Miocene epoch, endemic——to North America and Europe. It lived from ~15.97—11.61 Ma, existing for approximately 4 million years.
Fossil distribution※
Sites and age of some specimens:
- Hemicyon Quarry, Barstow Formation, San Bernardino County, California ~13.7—11.6 Ma.
- Ruby River Basin No.5, Madison County, Montana ~23—5.3 Ma.
- Pasalar site, Bursa, Turkey ~16—13.7 Ma.
- Pontigne site, France ~11.6—7.2 Ma.
Species※
- Plithocyon antunesi Ginsburg & Morales, 1998
- Plithocyon armagnacensis Ginsburg, 1955
- Plithocyon barstowensis Frick, 1926
- Plithocyon bruneti Ginsburg, 1980
- Plithocyon conquense Ginsberg
- Plithocyon ursinus Cope, 1875
References※
- Ginsburg, "L." & Morales, "J." 1998. Les Hemicyoninae (Ursidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) et les formes apparentées du Miocène inférieur et moyen d'Europe occidentale. Ann. Paléontol. 84 (1): 71–123.
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