Cephalogale is an extinct genus of hemicyonine bear which lived in the Oligocene and Early Miocene epochs in North America and Europe. It lived from around 28.4—20.0 Mya. Before it was reconsidered to be close to the ancestry of hemicyonines, Cephalogale was once considered to be an ancestor of all bears. Fossil distribution Dětaň, Czech Republic about 33.9—28.4 Mya Cetina de Aragon, Spain about 22.4—20 Mya Standing Rock Quarry, Zia Sand Formation, Sandoval County, New Mexico about 24.8—20.6 Mya Agate Springs Quarries, Sioux County, Nebraska about 23–5.3 Mya Hemingford Quarry 12D, Runningwater Formation, Box Butte County, Nebraska about 20.6—16.3 Mya References Oligocene caniforms Miocene bears Oligocene mammals of Europe Paleogene France Fossils of France Quercy Phosphorites Formation Oligocene mammals of North America Fossil taxa described in 1862 Prehistoric carnivoran genera