Phoberogale

{{Short description|Extinct genus of bears}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Oligocene|Miocene}}

|image=Phoberogale_shareri.jpg

|image_caption=Skull and lower jaw of Phoberogale shareri, holotype, OCPC 21794 and 21795.

| taxon = Phoberogale

| authority = Ginsberg & Morales, 1995

| type_species = Phoberogale bugtiensis

| type_species_authority = (Cooper, 1923)

}}

Phoberogale is an extinct genus of hemicyonine bear, which lived during the Early Miocene, found in France, California, and Pakistan, from {{Ma|22|20}}.

References

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  • {{cite journal |author1=Xiaoming Wang |author2=Robert M. Hunt, Jr. |author3=Richard H. Tedford |author4=E. Bruce Lander |year=2009 |title=First record of immigrant Phoberogale (Mammalia, Ursidae, Carnivora) from Southern California |journal=Geodiversitas |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=753–773 |url=http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/22693_g09n4a5-web.pdf |doi=10.5252/g2009n4a753 |s2cid=129115561 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612063541/http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/22693_g09n4a5-web.pdf |archivedate=2011-06-12 }}

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Category:Hemicyonids

Category:Oligocene bears

Category:Miocene carnivorans

Category:Cenozoic mammals of Asia

Category:Prehistoric mammals of Europe

Category:Prehistoric mammals of North America

Category:Fossil taxa described in 1995

Category:Prehistoric carnivoran genera