Adelpharctos Bonis, 1971

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), pp. 787-814 : 790

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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/g2013n4a4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4818322

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scientific name

Adelpharctos Bonis, 1971
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Adelpharctos Bonis, 1971

EMENDED DIAGNOSIS. — Cephalogalini n. tr. with a more cutting dentition than the other genera of the subfamily, m1 shorter relative to the premolar row with a less reduced metaconid and a talonid tapering backward. P2-3 with three roots, P4 short and robust, triangular shaped M1 with a metaconule more buccal relatively to the protocone than in other Cephalogalini n. tr. M1, hypometacrista joining the base of the metacone and with a modest linguo-distal cingulum.

TYPE SPECIES. — A. mirus Bonis, 1971 .

OTHER SPECIES. — A. ginsburgi Bonis, 2011 .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Ursidae

Tribe

Cephalogalini

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