†Kolponomos Stirton 1960 (bear)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Full reference: R. A. Stirton. 1960. A marine carnivore from the Clallam Miocene Formation Washington. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 36(7):345-368
Parent taxon: Amphicynodontinae according to R. M. Hunt 1998
See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Stirton 1960 and Tedford et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Amphicynodon, Drassonax, Pachycynodon, Parictis, Proplesictis, Wangictis
Subtaxa: Kolponomos clallamensis Kolponomos newportensis
Type: Kolponomos clallamensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Alaska, Oregon, Washington collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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