Palaeogale von Meyer 1846 (carnivoran)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Palaeogalidae

Synonym: Bunaelurus Cope 1873

Parent taxon: Palaeogalidae according to J. Wang and Z. Q. Zhang 2015

See also Alroy 2002, Baskin 1998, Baskin and Tedford 1996, de Bonis 1981, de Bonis et al. 2019, Flynn and Galiano 1982, Galbreath 1953, Hay 1902, Korth et al. 2022, Morlo 1996, Simpson 1946 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 2014

Sister taxon: Cryptailurus

Subtaxa: Bunaelurus lagophagus Palaeogale dorothiae Palaeogale evanoffi Palaeogale felina Palaeogale hyaenoides Palaeogale minuta Palaeogale praehyaenoides Palaeogale sanguinarius Palaeogale sectoria

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (5 collections), Germany (3), Greece (1), United States (2: Nebraska, South Dakota)

• Harrisonian of United States (3: Florida, Nebraska)

• Arikareean of United States (4: Florida, Nebraska, Oregon, Wyoming)

• Oligocene to Miocene of China (1)

• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), China (1), France (6), Mongolia (7), United States (19: Colorado, Florida, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Eocene of United States (2: Montana, Wyoming)

Total: 56 collections including 61 occurrences

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