†Cyonarctos dessei de Bonis 2013 (bear)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Synonym: Cephalogale cadurcensis Filhol 1877

Full reference: L. de Bonis. 2013. Ursidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Late Oligocene of the “Phosphorites du Quercy” (France) and a reappraisal of the genus Cephalogale Geoffroy, 1862. Geodiversitas 35(4):787-814

Belongs to Cyonarctos according to L. de Bonis 2013

See also Morales et al. 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Cyonarctos dessei: PD 477, a mandible. Its type locality is Pech Desse, which is in a MP 28 terrestrial horizon in France.
  • Cephalogale cadurcensis:

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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