A new species of Adelpharctos (Mammalia, Carnivora, Ursidae) from the late Oligocene of the "Phosphorites du Quercy" (France)

作者：de Bonis L^*

来源：Estudios Geologicos, 2011, 67(2): 179-186.

DOI：10.3989/egeol.40553.181

• Late Oligocene
• France
• Quercy
• Carnivora
• Ursidae
• Hemicyoninae

The genus Adelpharctos was known until now through the species A. mirus by a unique mandible (p2-m2) from the old collections of the Quercy whose geological age was unknown. New material coming from the locality of Pech-du-Fraysse completes our knowledge of the genus particularly for the maxilla and upper teeth. Adelpharctos belongs to the sub-family Hemicyoninae in the family Ursidae. It differs from the middle Miocene hemicyonines which have more massive molars and from the group Cephalogale-Phoberogale by some morphological characters. It seems to be a branch coming from the ancestral stem group of the sub-family.

• 出版日期2011