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Cephalogalini

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Cephalogalini de Bonis
2019Cephalogalini de Bonis et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Ursida
superfamilyUrsoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyUrsidaeGray 1825
subfamilyHemicyoninae
tribeCephalogalini
tribeCephalogalini

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. †Cephalogalini de Bonis 2013
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G. †Adelpharctos De Bonis 1971
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†Adelpharctos ginsburgi de Bonis 2011
†Adelpharctos mirus De Bonis 1971
G. †Cephalogale Jourdan 1862
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†Cephalogale brevirostris Croizet 1845
†Cephalogale bugtiensis Forster-Cooper 1923
†Cephalogale geoffroyi Jourdan 1862
†Cephalogale meschethense Gabunia 1964
†Cephalogale ursinus Bonis 1973
G. †Cyonarctos de Bonis 2013
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†Cyonarctos dessei de Bonis 2013
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Invalid names: Cephalogale cadurcensis Filhol 1877 [synonym]
G. †Filholictis de Bonis 2013
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†Filholictis filholi Filhol 1877
G. †Phoberogale Ginsburg and Morales 1995
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†Phoberogale bonali Helbing 1928
†Phoberogale depereti Viret 1929
†Phoberogale gracile Pomel 1847
†Phoberogale minor Jourdan 1862
†Phoberogale shareri Wang et al. 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:31:30
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the late Late Arikareean to the top of the MN 2 or 29.50000 to 20.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Nei Mongol) Cephalogale sp. (175387)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4Czech Republic Cephalogale sp. (91467)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Cephalogale sp. (179140)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France Cephalogale minor (183452)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Adelpharctos mirus (36709)
late Late Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) Phoberogale shareri (160461)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Germany Cephalogale gracile (183664)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Georgia Cephalogale meschethense (182744)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03France (Quercy) Adelpharctos ginsburgi, Cephalogale sp. (36712) Cyonarctos dessei (36715)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) Cephalogale sp. 1, Cephalogale sp. 2, Adelpharctos mirus (182805)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Cephalogale sp. (17839)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (New Mexico) Cephalogale sp. (17844)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Cephalogale sp. (17741 28043)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Spain (Zaragoza) Cephalogale sp., Phoberogale ginesticus (35750)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Cephalogale sp. (17881 17887 17888 17921 17942)