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In an attempt to find the dynamical foundations for [Formula: see text]-entropies, we examine the special case of Lagrangian/Hamiltonian systems of many degrees of freedom whose statistical behavior is conjecturally described by the [Formula: see text]-entropic functionals. We follow the spirit of the canonical ensemble approach. We consider the system under study as embedded in a far larger total system. We explore some of the consequences that such an embedding has, if it is modeled by a Riemannian submersion. We point out the significance in such a description of the finite-dimensional Bakry–Émery Ricci tensor, as a local mesoscopic invariant, for understanding the collective dynamical behavior of systems described by the [Formula: see text]-entropies.