Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Parent taxon: Cephalogalini according to L. de Bonis 2013
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, de Bonis et al. 2019, Hunt 1998 and Wang et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Adelpharctos, Cyonarctos, Filholictis, Phoberogale
Subtaxa: Cephalogale brevirostris Cephalogale bugtiensis Cephalogale geoffroyi Cephalogale gergoviensis Cephalogale ginesticus Cephalogale meschethense Cephalogale ursinus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Spain (1 collection), United States (5: Nebraska)
• Harrisonian of United States (4: Nebraska, New Mexico, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of China (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Georgia (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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