Adelpharctos ginsburgi de Bonis 2011 (bear)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Full reference: L. de Bonis. 2011. A new species of Adelpharctos (Mammalia, Carnivora, Ursidae) from the late Oligocene of the “Phosphorites du Quercy” (France). Estudios Geológicos 67(2):179-186

Belongs to Adelpharctos according to L. de Bonis 2011

See also de Bonis 2013

Sister taxon: Adelpharctos mirus

Type specimen: PFRA 34, a partial skull (Mandible and maxilla). Its type locality is Pech du Fraysse, which is in a MP 28 terrestrial horizon in France.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pech du Fraysse

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