†tribe Cephalogalini de Bonis 2013 (bear)

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

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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

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