Cephalogale

Cephalogale; Temporal range: early Oligocene–Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Ursidae
Subfamily:	†Hemicyoninae
Genus:	†Cephalogale; Jourdan, 1862
Type species
	†Cephalogale geoffroyi; Jourdan, 1862
Species
	†C. shareri (Wang, et al., 2009); †C. gergoviensis (Viret, 1929); †C. ginesticus (Kuss, 1962); †C. geoffroyi (Jourdan, 1862)

Cephalogale is an extinct genus of hemicyonine bear which lived in the Oligocene and Early Miocene epochs in North America and Europe. It lived from around 28.4—20.0 Mya. Before it was reconsidered to be close to the ancestry of hemicyonines, Cephalogale was once considered to be an ancestor of all bears.^[1]

Fossil distribution

Dětaň, Czech Republic about 33.9—28.4 Mya
Cetina de Aragon, Spain about 22.4—20 Mya
Standing Rock Quarry, Zia Sand Formation, Sandoval County, New Mexico about 24.8—20.6 Mya
Agate Springs Quarries, Sioux County, Nebraska about 23–5.3 Mya
Hemingford Quarry 12D, Runningwater Formation, Box Butte County, Nebraska about 20.6—16.3 Mya

Cephalogale dentition, Saint-Gérand-le-Puy (Allier, Auvergne, France)

References

^ McLellan B. & Reiner D. C. (1994). "A review of bear evolution". Int. Conf. Bear Res. and Manage. 9(1): 85-89. PDF

[1] McLellan B. & Reiner D. C. (1994). "A review of bear evolution". Int. Conf. Bear Res. and Manage. 9(1): 85-89. PDF

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