After Wyss & Flynn, 1993, McKenna & Bell, 1997 and Ginsburg & Morales, 1998

<==o Ursoidea Flower, 1869 (bear-like carnivores; karhunsukuiset petoeläimet)
   |?- †Absonodaphoenus Olsen, 1958 [=? Cynelos (Amphicyonidae:)]
   |?- †Campylocynodon Chaffee, 1954 [=? Parictis]
   |?- †Harpaleocyon
   |?- †Metarctos
   |?- †Ursulus
   `--+--+-- †‘Miacis’ cognitus
      |  `-- †Amphicyonidae Trouessart, 1885 (dorbears; koirakarhut)
      `--o Ursidae Fisher de Waldheim, 1817 non? Gray, 1825 sensu Ginsburg & Morales, 1998 and Astibia, Morales & Ginsburg, 2000
         |--o †Phoberocyoninae Ginsburg & Morales, 1995
         |  |--o †Phoberogale Ginsburg & Morales 1995
         |  |  |-- †P. bugtiensis (Cooper, 1923)
         |  |  `-- †P. shareri Wang et al. 2009
         |  `--+--o †Phoberocyon Ginsburg, 1955
         |     |  |-- †P. aurelianensis (Mayet, 1908) [Amphicyon aurelianensis Mayet, 1908; Herpaleocyon aurelianensis (Mayet, 1908)]
         |     |  |-- †P. hispanicus Ginsburg & Morales, 1998
         |     |  `-- †P. dehmi (Ginsburg, 1955) [Hemicyon dehmi Ginsburg, 1955; incl. Phoberocyon huerzeleri Ginsburg, 1955]
         |     `--o †Plithocyon Ginsburg, 1955
         |        |-- †P. armagnacensis Ginsburg, 1955
         |        |-- †P. bruneti Ginsburg, 1980
         |        |-- †P. conquense Ginsburg & Morales, 1998
         |        `-- †P. antunesi Ginsburg & Morales, 1998
         `==o †Hemicyoninae Frick, 1926 sensu Ginsburg & Morales, 1998 [Hemicyonidae sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997; Ursidae: Hemicyoninae & Agriotherinae] [paraphyletic sensu Ginsburg & Morales, 1998]
            |-- †Cephalogale geoffroyi Filhol, 1879; Jourdan, 1862
            `--+-- †Zaragocyon daamsi Ginsburg & Morales, 1995
               `--+--o †Hemicyoninae Frick, 1926 sensu stricto
                  |  |-- †Dinocyon thenardi Jourdan, 1861
                  |  `--o †Hemicyon Lartet, 1851 [Herpaleocyon, Phoberocyon, Plithocyon]
                  |     |--o †H. sansaniensis Lartet, 1851
                  |     |  |-- †H. s. parvus Antunes & Ginsburg, 1995
                  |     |  `-- †H. s. sansaniensis Lartet, 1851
                  |     |-- †H. goeriachensis
                  |     |-- †H. ursinus (Cope, 1875)
                  |     |-- †H. stehlini
                  |     |-- †H. teilhardi
                  |     |-- †H. gargan Ginsburg & Morales, 1998
                  |     `-- †H. mayorali Astibia, Morales & Ginsburg, 2000 [Amphicyon major Blainville, Astibia, 1987; Hemicyon cf. sansaniensis Lartet, Astibia, 1987; Hemicyon sp. Fraile et al., 1997]
                  `-- Ursidae Fisher de Waldheim, 1817 non? Gray, 1825 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 [Ursinae sensu Ginsburg & Morales, 1998 and Astibia, Morales & Ginsburg, 2000] (bears; karhut)

Reference(s):