Pliocene to early Middle Pleistocene ursine bears in Europe: a taxonomic overview

0348550 - GLÚ 2011 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Wagner, Jan
Pliocene to early Middle Pleistocene ursine bears in Europe: a taxonomic overview.
Journal of the National Museum. Roč. 179, - (2010), s. 197-215. ISSN 1802-6842
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA205/09/0184; GA AV ČR IAA300130701
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z30130516
Keywords : Ursus * taxonomy * Pliocene * Pleistocene
Subject RIV: DB - Geology ; Mineralogy
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The Pliocene to early Middle Pleistocene bear fauna in Europe can be divided into four main morphophyletic groups. All the known Pliocene bears belong to Ursus ex gr. minimus-thibetanus. They represent at least two migration events (MN 14–MN 15a and MN 15b–MN 16b). Representatives of this group were recorded also in the late MN 17 and in the Lower to Middle Toringian. Ursus ex gr. etruscus are present since the early MN 17 and they survived until the Early Biharian. The Early Biharian U. etruscus most likely represents a blind lineage in Europe. The oldest representatives of Ursus ex gr. arctos are known from the late Early Biharian localities, about 1.1 Ma ago (their possible earlier presence – e.g. DA2C1 or Ceyssaguet – require confirmation). The first occurrence of U. deningeri, the oldest taxon in U. ex gr. deningeri-spelaeus, was recorded approximately at the same time.
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