Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Alternative combination: Ursus abstrusus
Full reference: P. R. Bjork. 1970. The Carnivora of the Hagerman Local Fauna (Late Pliocene) of Southwestern Idaho. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 60(7):3-54
Belongs to Protarctos according to X. Wang et al. 2017
See also Bjork 1970 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxon: Protarctos yinanensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hagerman (UM-Ida 79-65), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Glenns Ferry Formation of Idaho
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (2: Idaho, Nevada collections)
• Pliocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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