Ancient mitochondrial DNA reveals convergent evolution of giant short-faced bears (Tremarctinae) in North and South America. [PDF]
Biol Lett, 2016 The Tremarctinae are a subfamily of bears endemic to the New World, including two of the largest terrestrial mammalian carnivores that have ever lived: the giant, short-faced bears Arctodus simus from North America and Arctotherium angustidens from South
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The largest known bear, Arctotherium angustidens, from the early Pleistocene pampeam region of Argentina: with a discussion of size and diet trends in bears [PDF]
, 2011 The South American giant short-faced bear (Arctotherium angustidens Gervais and Ameghino, 1880) is one of five described Arctotherium species endemic to South America and it is known for being the earliest, largest, and most carnivorous member of the ...
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The fossil record of South American short-faced bears (Ursidae, Tremarctinae) [PDF]
, 2005 The present study includes a review of the geographic and stratigraphic distribution of short-faced bears (Ursidae, Tremarctinae) in South America.
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Body mass estimation of extinct and extant South American bears (Ursidae, Tremarctinae) [PDF]
, 2009 Contar con estimaciones precisas de la masa corporal de los taxones fósiles es esencial para realizar reconstrucciones paleobiológicas. Empleando relaciones demostradas entre la masa corporal y medidas anatómicas en mamíferos modernos algunos autores han
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Nuevo registro de Puma concolor Linnaeus, 1771 (Carnivora, Felidae) para el pleistoceno tardío de Uruguay y su importancia paleoecológica [PDF]
, 2022 Los Felidae ingresaron al continente sudamericano provenientes de Norteamérica durante el Piso/Edad Ensenadense (Pleistoceno Temprano a Medio). En el Uruguay su registro fósil es escaso pero informativo, aunque mayormente corresponde a félidos de gran ...
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First Description of the Auditory Region of a Tremarctinae (Ursidae, Mammalia) Bear: The Case of Arctotherium angustidens [PDF]
, 2014 Here we present the first detailed morphological study of the auditory region of a tremarctine bear, the South American giant short-faced bear Arctotherium angustidens. We compared 19 specimens of A.
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Ursidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) do Pleistoceno do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil [PDF]
, 2021 TCC(graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas. Geologia.A família Ursidae inclui animais com distribuição atual no Ártico, na Europa, na Ásia e nas Américas.
Trevisan Pereira, Alexsander
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First report of a South American short-faced bears' den (Arctotherium angustidens): palaeobiological and palaeoecological implications [PDF]
, 2009 Here we report the first example of associated short-faced bear fossils from South America. The specimens represent three individuals referable to the Ensenadan (early to middle Pleistocene) species Arctotherium angustidens (Ursidae, Tremarctinae), the ...
Rodríguez, Sergio +4 more
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First report of a South American short-faced bears' den (Arctotherium angustidens): palaeobiological and palaeoecological implications [PDF]
, 2009 Here we report the first example of associated short-faced bear fossils from South America. The specimens represent three individuals referable to the Ensenadan (early to middle Pleistocene) species Arctotherium angustidens (Ursidae, Tremarctinae), the ...
Tonni, Eduardo Pedro +4 more
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, 2008 We present here a deciduous tooth recovered from the Blancan (Pliocene) Río Tomayate locality (Republic of El Salvador) and assign it to cf. Arctotherium (South American short-faced bears) based on its morphology and size.
Romero, M. R. +4 more
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