Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Full reference: Q. Jiangzuo and J.J. Flynn. 2020. The earliest ursine bear demonstrates the origin of plant-dominated omnivory in Carnivora. iScience 23:101235
Parent taxon: Ursinae according to Q. Jiangzuo and J.J. Flynn 2020
Sister taxa: Aurorarctos, Ballusia, Melursus, Protarctos, Tremarctini, Ursavini, Ursini
Subtaxa: Arctodus Arctotherium Plionarctos Tremarctos
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (9 collections), Bolivia (4), Brazil (6), Canada (3: British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Yukon), Chile (2), France (4), Mexico (5), United States (81: Alabama, Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (3)
• Blancan of El Salvador (1), Mexico (1), United States (10: Arizona, California, Florida, New Mexico, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (7: California, Florida, Indiana, Nebraska, Oregon, Tennessee)
Total: 137 collections including 144 occurrences