†Adelpharctos De Bonis 1971 (bear)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Full reference: L. De Bonis. 1971. Deux nouveaux carnassiers de Phosphorites du Quercy. Annales de Paleontologie 57:117-127
Parent taxon: Cephalogalini according to L. de Bonis 2013
See also Carroll 1988, De Bonis 1971, de Bonis 2011 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Cephalogale, Cyonarctos, Filholictis, Phoberogale
Subtaxa: Adelpharctos ginsburgi Adelpharctos mirus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (2 collections), Switzerland (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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