Post by brobear on Feb 12, 2023 9:24:01 GMT -5
Adelpharctos
www.researchgate.net/publication/274410079_A_new_species_of_Adelpharctos_Mammalia_Carnivora_Ursidae_from_the_late_Oligocene_of_the_Phosphorites_du_Quercy_France
A new species of Adelpharctos (Mammalia, Carnivora, Ursidae) from the late Oligocene of the “Phosphorites du Quercy” (France).
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.
www.researchgate.net/publication/274410079_A_new_species_of_Adelpharctos_Mammalia_Carnivora_Ursidae_from_the_late_Oligocene_of_the_Phosphorites_du_Quercy_France
A new species of Adelpharctos (Mammalia, Carnivora, Ursidae) from the late Oligocene of the “Phosphorites du Quercy” (France).
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.