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Cephalogale Jourdan 1862

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Cephalogale Jourdan, 1862

DIAGNOSIS. — Medium sized to large Cephalogalini n. tr., relatively short and robust P2-P3 and p2-p4, without pac or pacd or with a reduced pacd in p4.

TYPE SPECIES. — C. geoffroyi Jourdan, 1862 by original designation.

OTHER SPECIES. — C. ginesticus Kuss, 1962; C. gergoviensis Viret, 1929; C. shareri (Wang, Hunt, Tedford & Lander, 2009).

Notes

Published as part of Bonis, Louis De, 2013, Ursidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Late Oligocene of the " Phosphorites du Quercy " (France) and a reappraisal of the genus Cephalogale Geoffroy, 1862, pp. 787-814 in Geodiversitas 35 (4) on page 789, DOI: 10.5252/g2013n4a4, http://zenodo.org/record/4538147

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Jourdan
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Ursidae
Genus
Cephalogale
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Cephalogale Jourdan, 1862 sec. Bonis, 2013

References

  • JOURDAN C. 1862. - La description de restes fossiles de grands mammiferes. Revue des Societes Savantes des Departements, publiee sous les auspices du ministre de l'Instruction publique et des cultes 1: 126 - 130.
  • KUSS S. 1962. - Deux nouveaux Canides (Carnivora) du Stampien de Toulouse. Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire naturelle de Toulouse 97: 330 - 334.
  • VIRET J. 1929. - Les faunes de mammiferes de l'Oligocene superieur de la Limagne bourbonnaise. Memoires de l'Universite de Lyon 47: 1 - 305.
  • WANG X., HUNT R. M., TEDFORD R. H., LANDER E. B. 2009. - First record of immigrant Phoberogale (Mammalia, Ursidae, Carnivora) from Southern California. Geodiversitas 31 (4): 753 - 772. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5252 / g 2009 n 4 a 753