Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Alternative combination: Ursus minimus
Belongs to Euarctos according to X. Wang et al. 2017
See also Kurten 1968
Sister taxa: Ursus americanus, Ursus arctos, Ursus arvernensis, Ursus boeckhi, Ursus deningeri, Ursus dentrificius, Ursus etruscus, Ursus inopinatus, Ursus japonicus, Ursus kokeni, Ursus malayanus, Ursus maritimus, Ursus praemalayanus, Ursus priscus, Ursus spelaeus, Ursus thibetanus, Thalassarctos labradorensis, Thalassarctos jenaensis, Thalassarctos spitzbergensis, Thalassarctos eogroenlandicus, Euarctos optimus, Ursus (Euarctos) vitabilis
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Georgia (1), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Moldova (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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