| Cephalogale Fossil range: Oligocene–Miocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Superfamily: | Arctoidea |
| Family: | Hemicyonidae |
| Genus: | Cephalogale |
| Species: | C. geoffroyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cephalogale geoffroyi Filhol, 1879 |
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Cephalogale is an extinct genus of bear-like hemicyonid carnivore of the Oligocene through Miocene epochs, endemic to North America and Europe living from around 33.9—20 Ma, existing for approximately .
Taxonomy
Cephalogalewas named by Henri Filhol in 1879. Its type is Cephalogale geoffroyi. It was assigned to Ursidae by Carroll (1988); to Hemicyoninae by Hunt (1998); and to Ursoidea by Wang et al. (2005).[1][2]
Fossil distribution
- Dětaň, Czech Republic ~33.9—28.4 Ma.
- Cetina de Aragon, Spain ~22.4—20 Ma.
- Standing Rock Quarry, Zia Sand Formation, Sandoval County, New Mexico ~24.8—20.6 Ma.
- Agate Springs Quarries, Sioux County, Nebraska ~23—5.3 Ma.
- Hemingford Quarry 12D, Runningwater Formation, Box Butte County, Nebraska ~20.6—16.3 Ma.
References
- ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
- ^ X. Wang, M. C. McKenna, and D. Dashzeveg. 2005. Amphicticeps and Amphicynodon (Arctoidea, Carnivora) from Hsanda Gol Formation, Central Mongolia and phylogeny of basal arctoids with comments on zoogeography. American Museum Novitates 3483:1-57
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