Mammalia - Carnivora - Palaeogalidae
Parent taxon: Feliformia according to L. D. Martin and J. D. Lim 2001
See also Korth et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Aeluroida, Aeluroidea, Alagtsavbaatar, Asiavorator, Didymictida, Feloidea, Nandiniidae, Nimravidae
Subtaxa: Cryptailurus Palaeogale
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (5 collections), Germany (3), Greece (1), United States (4: Nebraska, Oregon, 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: 58 collections including 63 occurrences