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Palaeogale

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Palaeogalidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Palaeogale von Meyer
1873Bunaelurus Cope p. 8
1874Bunaelurus Cope
1902Bunaelurus Hay p. 767
1982Palaeogale Flynn and Galiano p. 47
1996Palaeogale Morlo p. 200
1998Palaeogale Baskin p. 165
2001Palaeogale Martin and Lim pp. 265-276
2014Palaeogale Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 610
2015Palaeogale Wang and Zhang pp. 310-334
2019Palaeogale de Bonis et al.
2022Palaeogale Famoso and Orcutt
2022Palaeogale Korth et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
familyPalaeogalidaeMartin and Lim 2001
genusPalaeogalevon Meyer 1846

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.

G. †Palaeogale von Meyer 1846
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†Palaeogale dorothiae Macdonald 1963
†Palaeogale evanoffi Welsh 2021
†Palaeogale felina Filhol 1877
†Palaeogale hyaenoides Dehm 1950
†Palaeogale minuta Gervais 1848
†Palaeogale sanguinarius Loomis 1932
†Palaeogale sectoria Gervais 1848
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Invalid names: Bunaelurus infelix Matthew 1903 [synonym], Bunaelurus parvulus Matthew and Granger 1924 [synonym], Bunaelurus ulysses Matthew and Granger 1924 [synonym]
Invalid names: Bunaelurus Cope 1873 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:31:06
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:31:06
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 37.00000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Montana) P. infelix (17010)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (17009)
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan37.0 - 31.8USA (Nebraska) P. minuta (230806)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Colorado) P. lagophaga (17082)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Montana) P. sectoria (17090)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (South Dakota) P. evanoffi (224881) P. sectoria (17180 163487) P. sp. (17174 17189)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8Canada (Saskatchewan) P. sp. (17111)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Wyoming) P. lagophaga (17104 17105 17106)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mongolia (Övörkhangai) P. sp. (175169 180955 201185 201191) P. sp., P. sectoria (53978)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mongolia Bunaelurus ulysses, Bunaelurus parvulus (53979)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Nei Mongol) P. parvulus, P. ulysses (174759)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3France (Quercy) P. sectoria (179140)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3France (Midi-Pyrenées) P. sectoria (167513)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France (Quercy) P. sectoria (36711)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04France (Puy-de-Dome) P. sectoria (183363)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (Florida) P. sp. (17341)
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (Oregon) P. sp. (93078)
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (Nebraska) P. dorothiae (17494)
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (South Dakota) P. dorothiae (17633 17635 17636 17644 17649) P. sp. (17630)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) P. dorothiae (212628)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Florida) P. minuta (17476)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Plionictis sanguinarius (17667)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) P. dorothiae (17602)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mongolia P. sp. (75588)
MP 2627.3 - 23.04France (Gard) P. sp. (172927)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04France (Puy-de-Dôme) P. sectoria (179177)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98China (Xinjiang) P. sp. (181068)
Harrisonian23.1 - 18.5USA (Florida) P. sp. (17837)
Harrisonian23.1 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) P. sp. (17846 28043)
MN 123.04 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) P. minuta (69617)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) P. minuta, P. praehyaenoides (69606)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Loiret) P. hyaenoides (181642)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Greece P. sp. (68032)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.45 - 7.246France P. hyaenoides (187579)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) P. minuta, P. hyaenoides (68040)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Nebraska) P. minuta (17865)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (South Dakota) P. lagophaga (17912)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Gers) P. minuta (69099)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Midi-Pyrénées) P. minuta (71873)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Centre) P. hyaenoides (69116)