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Taxonomy
Ursus abstrusus was named by Bjork (1970). Its type locality is Hagerman (UM-Ida 79-65), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Glenns Ferry Formation of Idaho.
It was recombined as Protarctos abstrusus by Wang et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Protarctos abstrusus by Wang et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1970 | Ursus abstrusus Bjork |
| 1980 | Ursus abstrusus Kurten and Anderson p. 182 |
| 2017 | Protarctos abstrusus Wang et al. |
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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.
†Protarctos abstrusus Bjork 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 4.90000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Ursus abstrusus (20083) | |
| Blancan | USA (Nevada) | Ursus abstrusus (20009) | |
| Blancan | USA (Idaho) | Ursus abstrusus (type locality: 19873) |