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Tremarctos floridanus (Florida cave bear)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Taxonomy
Arctodus floridanus was named by Gidley (1928).

It was recombined as Tremarctos floridanus by Kurten (1963), Lundelius (1972), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Albright et al. (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Arctodus floridanus Gidley
1950Tremarctos mexicanus Stock
1963Tremarctos floridanus Kurten
1972Tremarctos floridanus Lundelius, Jr.
1980Tremarctos floridanus Kurten and Anderson p. 178
2019Tremarctos floridanus Albright et al. p. 176

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
RankNameAuthor
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Ursida
superfamilyUrsoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyUrsidaeGray 1825
subfamilyUrsinaeSwainson 1835
tribeArctotheriini
genusTremarctos
speciesfloridanus(Gidley 1928)

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.

†Tremarctos floridanus Gidley 1928 [Florida cave bear]
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Invalid names: Tremarctos mexicanus Stock 1950 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoreg
Diet 2: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:27:10
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:29:21
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58800 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Sonora) Tremarctos floridanus (20322)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Tremarctos floridanus (20113)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Tremarctos floridanus (65405)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Tremarctos floridanus (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Tremarctos floridanus (20520)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Tremarctos floridanus (20398 20491 195112)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Texas) Tremarctos floridanus (225289)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (South Carolina) Tremarctos floridanus (79757)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tremarctos floridanus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Tremarctos mexicanus (71345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tremarctos floridanus (20573 20593 20636 20650)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Arctodus floridanus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Tremarctos floridanus (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Tremarctos floridanus (79920)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tremarctos floridanus (74292 154773 154804 154805 154936)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Mississippi) Tremarctos floridanus (93344 93345 93346)