recognized species: the lesser short-faced bear (Arctodus pristinus) and the giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus). Of these species, A. simus was larger...

Middle Pleistocene, both Arctodus and Arctotherium gave way to new forms; Arctodus pristinus gave way to the huge Arctodus simus, which inhabited a pan-continental...

genetically closer to the spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), than to Arctodus of North America, implying the two extinct forms evolved large size in...

Fossils of T. floridanus have been reported from two sites in Belize. Arctodus (3 million–11,000 years ago) was a contemporary and shared its habitat...

Along with other large bears such as the cave bear, short-faced bears Arctodus and Arctotherium, and an extinct subspecies of the modern polar bear Ursus...

barstowensis (16–13 Mya) P. ursinus (16–13 Mya) Subfamily Tremarctinae Genus Arctodus (short-faced bear)† (2.2–0.012 Mya) A. pristinus (lesser short-faced bear)...

 240. ISBN 978-0-85112-235-9. Christiansen, P. (1999). "What size were Arctodus simus and Ursus spelaeus (Carnivora: Ursidae)?". Annales Zoologici Fennici...

†Arctodus †Arctotherium †Plionarctos Tremarctos †T. floridanus...

Tara L. (1 February 2018). "On the association of giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) and brown bear (Ursus arctos) in late Pleistocene North America"...

are the extinct Tremarctos floridanus, and the giant short-faced bears (Arctodus and Arctotherium), which became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene around...

†Arctodus †Arctotherium †Plionarctos Tremarctos †T. floridanus...

lived during the same period as the giant and lesser short-faced bears (Arctodus simus and A. pristinus, respectively) and the Florida spectacled bear (Tremarctos...

†Arctodus †Arctotherium †Plionarctos Tremarctos †T. floridanus...

probably the direct ancestor to the North American short-faced bears (genus Arctodus), the South American short-faced bears (Arctotherium), and the spectacled...

which was released in July 2008 on CD by Jesse Matthewson's own label, Arctodus Records, and on 3x7" vinyl by No List Records. Prior to releasing Mennonite...

solitary Arctodus an unlikely impediment to expansion. Indeed, new dates establish an extended co-existence of humans and megafauna such as Arctodus across...

present with the megalonychid Megalonyx wheatleyi, the tremarctine bear Arctodus pristinus, the jaguar (Panthera onca), the felid Miracinonyx inexpectatus...

polecat (Mustela eversmanii; extirpated) (C) Various bear (Ursidae) spp. Arctodus simus (C) Florida spectacled bear (Tremarctos floridanus) (C) South American...

Tremarctinae (short-faced bears) – including the giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus). The only surviving member of the group is the spectacled bear (Tremarctos...

†Arctodus †Arctotherium †Plionarctos Tremarctos †T. floridanus...

Tara L. (1 February 2018). "On the association of giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) and brown bear (Ursus arctos) in late Pleistocene North America"...

on their hind-limbs. Another huge bear was the giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus), with the average weight of 625 kg (1,378 lb) and the maximum estimated...

mesonychid, the oxyaenid Sarkastodon, and the carnivorans Amphicyon and Arctodus) all reached a maximum size of about 1000 kg (the carnivoran Arctotherium...

well as other large carnivores including dire wolves, short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) and the American lion. Competition from such carnivores may have...

carnivores included the extinct North American giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus), the modern cougar (Puma concolor), the Pleistocene coyote (Canis...

†Arctodus †Arctotherium †Plionarctos Tremarctos †T. floridanus...

(1967). Pleistocene Bears of North America...: By Björn Kurtén.... Genus Arctodus, Short-faced Bears. Societas pro fauna et flora Fennica. Van Valkenburgh...

†Arctodus †Arctotherium †Plionarctos Tremarctos †T. floridanus...

Earliest swordfish. 2.7 Ma Paranthropus evolves. 2.5 Ma Earliest species of Arctodus and Smilodon evolve. 2 Ma First members of genus Homo, Homo Habilis, appear...

p. 217. ISBN 1-84028-152-9. Per Christiansen (1999). "What size were Arctodus simus and Ursus spelaeus (Carnivora: Ursidae)?". Annales Zoologici Fennici...