Ursidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Late Oligocene of the “Phosphorites du Quercy” (France) and a reappraisal of the genus Cephalogale Geoffroy, 1862

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Louis De Bonis¹ 

关键词: Hemicyoninae;    evolution;    biometry;    ecology;    Late Oligocene;    Quercy;    new tribe;    new genera;    new species;    Hemicyoninae;    évolution;    biométrie;    écologie;    Oligocène supérieur;    Quercy;    tribu nouvelle;    genres nouveaux;    espèce nouvelle;   

DOI  :  10.5252/g2013n4a4

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Museum National d Histoire Naturelle

【 摘 要 】

ManykarsticfissurefillingsfromtheQuercy(France)constitutefossilbearinglocalitieswhichgiveanexceptionalopenlaboratoryforthestudyofevolutionofvertebratesandespeciallymammalsfromtheEocenetotheEarlyMiocene.AcoupleoflocalitiesfromtheLateOligocene(MP28=24.9-24.5Ma)haveyielded,amongseveraltaxa,thebestsampleeverfoundofahemicyonineursid.Thissamplecorrespondstoanewspeciesandallowsareappraisalofseveralotherspeciesbelongingtolineagesattributedtoanewtribe(Cephalogalinin.tr.).ThelatteroccupiedinEuropealongtheOligoceneandthelowerMiocenesomecanid-likeecologicalniches.ThistribewasreplacedattheendoftheLowerMiocenebytheHemicyonini,anothertribeofHemicyoninae(Ursidae).

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