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Cephalogale
Taxonomy
Cephalogale was named by Jourdan (1862) [type European C. geoffroyi].
It was assigned to Ursidae by Jourdan (1862), Carroll (1988); to Hemicyoninae by Hunt (1998); to Ursoidea by Wang et al. (2005); and to Cephalogalini by de Bonis (2013), de Bonis et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Ursidae by Jourdan (1862), Carroll (1988); to Hemicyoninae by Hunt (1998); to Ursoidea by Wang et al. (2005); and to Cephalogalini by de Bonis (2013), de Bonis et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1862 | Cephalogale Jourdan |
| 1988 | Cephalogale Carroll |
| 1998 | Cephalogale Hunt, Jr. p. 180 |
| 2005 | Cephalogale Wang et al. p. 39 |
| 2013 | Cephalogale de Bonis |
| 2019 | Cephalogale de Bonis et al. |
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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. †Cephalogale Jourdan 1862
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†Cephalogale brevirostris Croizet 1845
†Cephalogale bugtiensis Forster-Cooper 1923
†Cephalogale geoffroyi Jourdan 1862
†Cephalogale gergoviensis Viret 1929
†Cephalogale ginesticus Kuss 1962
†Cephalogale meschethense Gabunia 1964
†Cephalogale ursinus Bonis 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the MP 21 to the top of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 33.90000 to 16.30000 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Oligocene | China (Nei Mongol) | C. sp. (175387) | |
| MP 21 | Czechia | C. sp. (91467) | |
| MP 22 | France (Quercy) | C. sp. (179140) | |
| Chattian | Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) | C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2 (182805) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Georgia | C. meschethense (182744) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (New Mexico) | C. sp. (17844) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Wyoming) | C. sp. (17839) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Nebraska) | C. sp. (17741 28043) | |
| MN 2 | Spain (Zaragoza) | C. sp. (35750) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | C. sp. (17881 17887 17888 17921 17942) |