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Ursus mediterraneus

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Ursidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
Euarctos minimus, Euarctos optimus, Thalassarctos eogroenlandicus, Thalassarctos jenaensis, Thalassarctos labradorensis, Thalassarctos spitzbergensis, U. americanus (syn. U. californiensis, Euarctos vitabilis, U. machetes, U. amblyceps, U. kermodei, U. amplidens, U. carlottae, U. floridanus, U. optimus, U. luteolus, U. altifrontalis, U. (Euarctos) vitabilis), U. arctos (syn. Danis ferox, U. pruinosus, U. horribilis, U. procerus, Melanarctos cavifrons, Myrmarctos eversmanni), U. arvernensis, U. boeckhi, U. deningeri, U. dentrificius, U. etruscus, U. inopinatus, U. japonicus, U. kokeni, U. malayanus (syn. Helarctos euryspilus), U. maritimus (syn. U. polaris, U. marinus, Thalarctos polaris), U. praemalayanus, U. priscus, U. spelaeus, U. thibetanus
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
U. bibersoni, U. denigeri, U. ehrenbergi, U. footei, U. gombaszoegensis, U. horribilis, U. ingressus, U. labiatus, U. microdontus, U. namadicus, U. ruscinensis, U. sackdillingensis, U. spelaearctos, U. spelaeous, U. thibetamus, U. thibetanus, U. wenzensis

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
RankNameAuthor
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Ursida
superfamilyUrsoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyUrsidaeGray 1825
subfamilyUrsinaeSwainson 1835
tribeUrsini
genusUrsus
speciesmediterraneus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania Ursus mediterraneus (33974)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Czechia Ursus mediterraneus (35907)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Israel (Mount Carmel) Ursus mediterraneus (11803)