Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Full reference: L. de Bonis. 2013. Ursidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Late Oligocene of the “Phosphorites du Quercy” (France) and a reappraisal of the genus Cephalogale Geoffroy, 1862. Geodiversitas 35(4):787-814
Parent taxon: Hemicyoninae according to L. de Bonis 2013
See also de Bonis et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Dinocyon, Hemicyon, Phoberocyon, Plithocyon, Zaragocyon
Subtaxa: Adelpharctos Cephalogale Cyonarctos Filholictis Phoberogale
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Spain (1 collection), United States (5: Nebraska)
• Harrisonian of United States (4: Nebraska, New Mexico, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of China (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (6), Georgia (1), Germany (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 22 collections including 25 occurrences