Ursavus Schlosser 1899 (bear)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Full reference: M. Schlosser. 1899. Über die Bären und bärenähnlichen Formen des europäischen Tertiärs. Palaeontographica 197:95-146

Parent taxon: Ursavini according to R. M. Hunt 1998

See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988 and Jin et al. 2007

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Ursavus brevirhinus Ursavus ehrenbergi Ursavus intermedius Ursavus pawniensis Ursavus primaevus Ursavus sylvestris Ursavus tedfordi

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Turolian of China (3 collections), Türkiye (1)

• Miocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Canada (1: Saskatchewan), China (1), France (6), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Poland (1), Slovakia (2), Switzerland (1), Türkiye (2), United States (9: Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota)

• Arikareean of United States (1: Oregon)

Total: 31 collections including 34 occurrences

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