Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Full reference: W.D. Matthew and W.T. Granger. 1923. New fossil mammals from the Pliocene of Sze-chuan, China. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 48(17):564-598
Belongs to Ursus according to W.D. Matthew and W.T. Granger 1923
Sister taxa: Ursus americanus, Ursus arctos, Ursus arvernensis, Ursus boeckhi, Ursus deningeri, Ursus dentrificius, Ursus etruscus, Ursus inopinatus, Ursus japonicus, Ursus malayanus, Ursus maritimus, Ursus praemalayanus, Ursus priscus, Ursus spelaeus, Ursus thibetanus, Thalassarctos jenaensis, Thalassarctos labradorensis, Thalassarctos eogroenlandicus, Thalassarctos spitzbergensis, Euarctos optimus, Euarctos minimus, Ursus (Euarctos) vitabilis
Type specimen: AMNH 18384, a mandible (left dentary with m1-2). Its type locality is Yen-ching-kao, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Yen-ching-kao
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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