†Phoberocyon Ginsburg 1955 (bear)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Parent taxon: Hemicyoninae according to R. M. Hunt 1998
Sister taxa: Cephalogale, Plithocyon
Subtaxa: Phoberocyon aurelianensis, Phoberocyon huerzeleri, Phoberocyon johnhenryi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore