Ursus etruscus Cuvier, 1823

Sablin, M. V. & Iltsevich, K. Yu., 2022, Early Pleistocene Caniformia from Palan-Tyukan (Azerbaijan), Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 326 (2), pp. 47-58 : 49

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https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2022.326.2.47

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16904849

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scientific name

Ursus etruscus Cuvier, 1823
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Species Ursus etruscus Cuvier, 1823

Type locality: Upper Valdarno , Italy .

Age of the type locality: Early Pleistocene, MNQ18.

Description. The remains belong to one adult individual.

Lower tooth. The right m3 shape is egg-like (GIN 886/30, L= 17.7 mm; W= 16.5 mm) ( Sotnikova and Sablin 1993). The specimen is slightly damaged (the distal wall of the talonid and part of enamel on the occlusal surface is missing) and heavily worn ( Fig. 2A). The reconstructed m3 complete length may be of approximately 18.2 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Ursidae

Genus

Ursus

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