†Plithocyon Ginsburg 1955 (bear)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Parent taxon: Hemicyoninae according to R. M. Hunt 1998
See also Alroy 2002 and Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Cephalogalini, Dinocyon, Hemicyon, Phoberocyon, Zaragocyon
Subtaxa: Plithocyon armagnacensis Plithocyon barstowensis Plithocyon teilhardi Plithocyon ursinus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (2 collections), France (6), Spain (1), Turkey (1), United States (9: California, Florida, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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