†Hemicyon barbouri Colbert 1941 (bear)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Full reference: E. H. Colbert. 1941. The Ancestral Ursid, Hemicyon, in Nebraska. Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 2(5):49-57
Belongs to Hemicyon according to E. H. Colbert 1941
Sister taxa: Hemicyon goriachensis, Hemicyon grivensis, Hemicyon mayorali, Hemicyon minor, Hemicyon sansaniensis, Hemicyon statzlingii
Type specimen: UNSM 2602. Its type locality is Lessig Canyon, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lessig Canyon
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