Cyonarctos Bonis 2013
- Dataset
- Ursidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Late Oligocene of the “ Phosphorites du Quercy ” (France) and a reappraisal of the genus Cephalogale Geoffroy, 1862
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- 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. Geodiversitas 35 (4): 787-814, DOI: 10.5252/g2013n4a4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/g2013n4a4
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Ursidae
- genus
- Cyonarctos
diagnosis
DIAGNOSIS. — Ŋat of the type species. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS. — Adelpharctos differs by the larger size, the relatively higher trigonid and the short talonid of m 1, the three rooted P 2 - P 3 and the more V shaped M 1. Cephalogale lacks a pacd in p 2 - p 3, p 4 is lower than the paraconid of m 1, the premolar crowns more mas - sive, diastemas between p 2 - p 3 and p 3 - p 4. Phoberogale has lower and more elongated P 2 - P 3 and p 2 - p 4, and robust cingula and cingulids Filholictis n. gen. is more primitive with m 1 shorter relative to the premolars and with its metaconid in contact with the paraconid, and a short m 2.
etymology
ETYMOLOGY. — From the Greek cyon (dog) and arctos (bear) for an ursid looking like a canid.
materials_examined
TYPE SPECIES. — Cyonarctos dessei n. sp. by present designation.