Cephalogale Temporal range: 28.4–20 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N early Oligocene to Miocene

Life reconstruction of Cephalogale shareri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

References

^ McLellan B. & Reiner D. C. (1994). "A review of bear evolution". Int. Conf. Bear Res. and Manage. 9(1): 85-89. PDF Archived 2022-10-09 at Ghost Archive

Extinct members of the family Ursidae

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia

†Hemicyoninae

†Cephalogalini	†Adelpharctos †Cephalogale †Cyonarctos †Filholictis †Phoberogale
†Hemicyonini	†Dinocyon †Hemicyon †Zaragocyon
†Phoberocyonini	†Phoberocyon †Plithocyon

†Ursavinae

†Ballusia
†Ursavus

Ailuropodinae

Agriotheriini

†Agriotherium
†Huracan
†Indarctos
†Miomaci

Ailuropodini

Ailuropoda	†A. baconi †A. microta †A. wulingshanensis

Tremarctinae

†Arctodus †Arctotherium †Plionarctos
Tremarctos	†T. floridanus

Ursinae

†Aurorarctos
†Protarctos
†Helarctos sinomalayanus
†Melursus theobaldi

Ursus

†U. deningeri
†U. dolinensis
†U. etruscus
†U. ingressus
†U. kudarensis
†U. minimus
†U. pyrenaicus
†U. rossicus
†U. sackdillingensis
†U. savini
†U. spelaeus
†U. vitabilis

Category:Prehistoric bears

Taxon identifiers
Cephalogale	Wikidata: Q18609695 EoL: 4441535 Fossilworks: 41310 GBIF: 4833892 IRMNG: 1276629 Paleobiology Database: 41310
Cephalogale geoffroyi	Wikidata: Q5063291 EoL: 10580813 Fossilworks: 97835 GBIF: 4970120