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Arctodus is an extinct genus of short-faced bear that inhabited North America during the Pleistocene ... based on the largest known skull. ... Location Age Carbon 13 ...
The Tremarctinae or short-faced bears is a subfamily of Ursidae that contains one living representative, the spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) of South America, and several extinct species from four genera: the Florida spectacled bear (Tremarctos floridanus), the North American giant short-faced bears Arctodus (A. pristinus and A. simus), the South American giant short-faced bear ...
Restoration of an Arctodus, or short-faced bear, with a human to scale †Arctodus †Arctodus simus †Arctostaphylos †Arenahippus †Aristolochia †Armintomys †Armintomys tullbergi †Artocarpus – tentative report †Asarkina; Asio †Asio flammeus; A living Asio otus, or long-eared owl †Asio otus †Asplenium †Astronium †Athyana ...
Fossilized skull of the Miocene-Pliocene false saber-toothed cat Barbourofelis †Barbourofelis †Barbourofelis fricki †Bassaricyonoides – type locality for genus †Bassaricyonoides stewartae – type locality for species; Bassariscus †Bassariscus antiquus †Bensonomys †Bensonomys arizonae – or unidentified comparable form
The Riverbluff Cave is a paleontological site discovered in the United States, near Springfield, Missouri.The entrance is filled with stalactites, stalagmites and columns. . The cave is about 830,000 years old (making it the oldest known fossil cave site in the US [1]) and 610 m long, featuring Pleistocene fossils, notably of the short-faced bear (Artcodus simus) the largest bear species on ...
Arctotherium ("bear beast") is an extinct genus of the Pleistocene short-faced bears endemic to Central and South America. [1] Arctotherium migrated from North America to South America during the Great American Interchange, following the formation of the Isthmus of Panama during the late Pliocene.
A 13,600-year-old mastodon skull was uncovered in an Iowa creek, state officials announced this week. Iowa's Office of the State Archaeologist said in a social media post that archaeologists found ...
In 2024 a paper was published in Science Advances that added additional support to the overkill hypothesis in North America when the skull of an 18 month old child, dated to 12,800 years ago, was analyzed for chemical signatures attributable to both maternal milk and solid food. Specific isotopes of carbon and nitrogen most closely matched ...