Kolponomos newportensis Tedford et al. 1994 (bear)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Full reference: R. H. Tedford, L. G. Barnes, and C. E. Ray. 1994. The early Miocene littoral ursoid carnivoran Kolponomos: Systematics and mode of life. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 29:11-32

Belongs to Kolponomos according to R. H. Tedford et al. 1994

Sister taxon: Kolponomos clallamensis

Type specimen: USNM 215070. Its type locality is Big Creek, south, which is in a Burdigalian deltaic mudstone in the Nye Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Big Creek, south

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