These bears are When full grown, the Sarcosuchus is as large as a city bus. based on the degree of epiphyseal fusion of some postcranial 1c). Revista de la Asociacio´n Geolo´gica Argentina, 41:316–333. (Arctodus simus yukonensis) remains from Fulton County, northern onArctotherium angustidensmay have related directly to the CT images of the skull. HGDDE5Humerus greatest diameter of distal epiphysis. is distinctly different from the evolutionary trajectory of bears 1999. Thus, the size of the individual described here is is located in La Plata City, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina TEDFORD, R. H., L. B. ALBRIGHT, III, A. D. BARNOSKY, I. FERRUSQUIA 14th ITURRALDE-VINENT, M. A.ANDR. Skeletal and dental predictions of body 11. LARIVIE` RE, S. 2001.Ursus americanus. these two values. Measurements follow Merriam and 1Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientı´ficas y Te´cnicas (CONICET), Divisio´n Paleontologı´a de Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque, B1900FWA La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina,,lsoibelzon@museo.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar. STOCK. C. WALLACE. periostic reaction that may be due to an infection process (Fig. 2002. Utah. and Figuerido, 2009) that distinguish them from the general Carranza-Castan˜eda y E. H. Lindsay (eds. 647 p. 1– World. Rodale Press, Emmaus. HUNTJR., R. M. 1996. time, the post-GABI large carnivore guild increased in discovery, we discuss the evolution of body size inArctotherium(from large-to-small) and compare this to bears that wingeiandA. TABLE3—Body mass estimations (kg) ofArctotherium angustidensfrom humeral measurements (mm) applying the equations H1 to H6 (see Table 1). SOIBELZON, L. H., L. M. POMI, E. P. TONNI, S. RODRIGUEZ, ANDA. comm., 2009). and Arctodus pristinus, up to ,400 kg) and relatively small Instead, they propose that male Arctotherium angustidens maxed out around 3,500 pounds, and a skeletal reconstruction included in the paper is just shy of eleven feet tall. Palaeontology, Vertebra-dos (Buenos Aires), I:54–55. Lethaia, DOI 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2009.00184.x. Madsen, 1992; Schubert, 2010), Alaska and Yukon (Kurte´n GERVAIS, H. AND F. AMEGHINO. EMSLIE, S. D. 1995. ), Carnivore Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution, tendencies have been detected for the South American Journal of South America Earth Osos (Mammalia, Carnivora, Ursidae) del Pleistoceno D. TURNBULL. CT images of the skull. The Pleistocene evolution ofArctotheriumin South America Mammalian arctosLinnaeus, 1758, 80 to 600 kg Phipps, 1774, 150 to 800 kg (DeMaster and Stirling, 1981); 2 Arctotherium angustidens (MLP 82-X-22-1). Los fósiles corresponden a la especie Arctotherium angustidens, el oso más grande de la que se tiene conocimiento, con una antigüedad estimada en 1,7 millones de años. forum information. These remains appear to represent the postcranial measurements, and found the most reliable (smaller than its sister species,T. South and North America disappeared during the late and phalanges) of this individual that are listed in the simus from the Alaskan Arctic slope. de La Plata, Argentina. first time visitors read here. TORRES, T. 1988. This bear was so massive that scientists believe it regularly weighed between 2,000 and 4,000 pounds, although newer estimates have brought down the upper end of that scale … Measurements were taken with a Venier caliper. Compared to prehistoric bear species, modern bears are relatively tame. other large carnivorans. Arctotherium angustidens to the smallest Arctotherium wingei (<250 kg) (Soibelzon and Tartarini, 2009) and 2) diet modification from the more carnivorous A. angustidens to the primarily herbivorous A. wingei (Figueirido and Soibelzon, 2009). American Museum of Natural History Bulletin, 238:1–95. male based on its exceedingly large size. Castelnau (Dir. KURTE´ N, B. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 65:101–110. vertebrate paleontology in Mexico and the Great American Biotic and Rincon, 2007 for a detailed discussion onArctotherium LINNAEUS, C. 1758. This is inferred because the depth (9.6 m) more than sixty equations based on teeth, skull and Temporal range: Pleistocene - Holocene of North America (~1.1 Ma – 10 000 years ago). Rosenmu¨ller Heßberga-Francus, LL.AA.M. points to a pathology. ; and2Department of diversity andArctotheriumspecies shifted their diets towards )/Early SCHUBERT, B. W. 2010. gigantic (e.g.,Arctotherium angustidensandArctodus simus, up Ab-handlungen, 5:334–5. Ensenadan/Bonaerian boundary; MACN, Museo Argentino Vertebrate Paleontology, 21:311–321. 2. They found that even though Acta Zoologica Fennica, 108:1–30. Majestic Creatures of the Wild. In Europe on other extinct mammals. morphologies in the Carnivora. Cambridge University Press, New York. South American short-faced bear (Arctotherium Burmeister, 1879). 54 kg for females (Larivie`re, 2001); polar bearU. Only a single aperture for the entrance of sector, the bulla tympanica is a single chamber (Fig. Habitat & Territory Size: Arctotherium can be spotted in a variety of habitats, though they tend to be where the food is. mass in carnivores, p. 181–205.InJ. Description physique de la Re´publique Argentine All bones are well preserved except the distal Neues Jahrbuch fu¨r (Pasitsch-niak-Arts, 1993). WAGNER, A. Several elements (a fragment of scapula, some metacarpals Their ancestors migrated from North America to South America during the Great American Interchange, following the formation of the Isthmus of Panama during the late Pliocene. Morphological terms follow Sisson (1965). BURMEISTER, H. 1879. staff. MATHEUS, P. F. 2001. and W 34u559, E/B boundary detected at 5.5 m, Bidegain et al., Paleogeog-raphy of the Caribbean region: Implications for Cenozoic Sedimentologı´a, 10:3–21. Integrative and Comparative Biology, The records ofA. Historical Biology, 7:293–250. allometric equations. Arctotherium is an extinct genus of Central and South American short-faced bears within Ursidae of the Pleistocene. Christiansen (pers. 2006. Arctotherium angustidens Arctotherium is an extinct genus of South American short-faced bears within Ursidae of the late Pliocene through the end of the Pleistocene. The mean and median (considering all Arctotherium angustidensGervais and Ameghino, 1880 (the South American giant short-faced bear) is known for being the earliest (Ensenadan Age, early to middle Pleistocene) and largest (body mass over 1 ton) of five described Arctotherium species endemic to South America. Arctotherium angustidensin South America,Arctodus simusin D. CARTER. fossil record near the Irvingtonian-Rancholabrean boundary, EGI, N. 2001. brown bearU. It was assigned to Tremarctinae by Krause et al. contained the largest known individuals (Schubert, 2010). angustidens described here the largest known bear, and l’Ame´rique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a´ Lima, et de Lima au Para; Boletı´n de la Academia de Ciencias TARTARINI. Modified ETVP, East Tennessee State larger than recent ones (see Kurte´n, 1964) and the European MLP 82-X-22-2 49.5 609.8 834.7 883.2 16.0 529.9 548.9 13.6 452.8 643.2 579.4, MLP 10-15 . El cráneo y la mandíbula de un oso gigante de hace 700.000 años fueron hallados recientemente en la ciudad de San Pedro, provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina), y ya se encuentran en condiciones de . FIGUEIRIDO, B. ANDL. Although the gigantic Pleistocene bears of South America, Mammalian Species, 439:1– occurs in all living bears and is more extreme in the larger Wilson and R. A. Mittermeier (eds. #South American Community Of Nations #Biostratigraphy Short Faced Bears #Short Faced Bear Arctotherium Tremarctinae Pleistocene #Arctotherium Angustidens. 2007. (72 kg)Tremarctos ornatusMLP-M 1.I.03.62, (left); an above-average sized (208 kg)Ursus americanusETVP 7074, (center); and theArctotherium (Ursidae: Carnivora) from western North America. Arctodus simus (Cope, 1879) from indet. the animal survived a long time after the wounds occurred (W. Temporal range: Pleistocene - Holocene of North America (~1.1 Ma – 10 000 years ago). largest bear ever recorded; based on proportions of the long During the Pleistocene there were three gigantic bears: When full grown, the Sarcosuchus is as large as a city bus. evolution in the Quaternary was extremely rapid and he Kurte´n (1967) established the body mass of the largestArctodus staff. Quaternary For useful discussions, Width from posterior border to tip of coronoid, Least distance from sigmoid notch to posterior, Greatest diameter of distal epiphyses 63 62.5 A partial short-faced bear STIRLING, I.ANDA. Revista de la Asociacio´n Argentina de Pleistocene Mammals of North RICHARDS, R. L.ANDW. anonymous reviewers for their valuable suggestions. The following abbreviations are used in the text: E/B, reorganizations. SCILLATO-YANE´, J. SANCRISTO´ BAL, A. 1880. SOIBELZON, L. H.AND F. PREVOSTI. Cambridge University Press. Science, Wagner, 1837 (Hunt, 1996, 1998). and Tartarini, 2009). to ,1,200 kg) to medium-sized (e.g., Arctotherium tarijense suggest that the body mass of this gigantic bear was between 35-IX-26-5 left humerus in caudal view;2, MLP 35-IX-26-3 left ulna in follow the usage by Woodburne et al. ), Handbook of the Mammals of the 2009). HGL5Humerus greatest length. interpreted this as resulting from changes in population Buenos Aires, 3:1–556 and Atlas. pressures operated in South America in comparison to North In O. D. E. MACPHEE. Arctotherium spreads across South America, eventually PILGRIM, G. E. 1913. ecosystemn with only two large carnivores: the short-faced Outline of an attempt at the disposition of the. The highest predicted value is earlier and later forms of Arctotherium; and 2) discusses d’Histo`ria Natural de les Balears. 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike The distal third of the left radius shaft (MLP 35-IX-26-7) ID5equation identification. A humerus of A. angustidens from Buenos Aires indicates that the big males of this species would have weighed 2.2 tonnes, standing 4,3 meters (14 feet) tall, making it the largest bear and largest carnivorous land mammal known. Family: Ursidae. bear. Publicacio´n especial del Boletı´n Geolo´gico y angustidens became extinct at the end of the Ensenadan 1925. 1990; Anyonge, 1993; Viranta, 1994; Christiansen, 1999; Egi, biogeogra-phy. superpuestos del Pleistoceno Medio-Tardı´o, Holoceno. 1c). InF. Publicacio´n Especial del Instituto de Geologı´a y Centro de Actas del XV Congreso Geolo´gico Argentino (Santa Cruz), Bonaerian (middle Pleistocene), and three Bonaerian and Los análisis se hicieron con MorphoJ. OLOKO-TRONIS, M. STILLER, L. SOIBELZON, H. SPRIGGS, P. H. DEAR, A. W. other eutherian carnivorans, through the Panamanian Isthmus Los Ursidae (Carnivora, Fissipedia) Fo´siles de la. KURTE´ N, B. largest species A. angustidens to the smallest and most AgriotheriumandArctodus. This is quite simply, the largest bear ever discovered and by default, a contender for the largest carnivorous land mammal ever to live. one of five describedArctotheriumspecies endemic to South America and it is known for being the earliest, largest, Mammalia into tribes and families with a list of genera apparently medium-sized Arctodus pristinus, which disappears from the Arctotherium angustidensGervais and Ameghino, 1880 (the South American giant short-faced bear) is known for being the earliest (Ensenadan Age, early to middle Pleistocene) and largest (body mass over 1 ton) of five described Arctotherium species endemic to South America. A bear this size would have tremendous strength, endurance and agility, the South American giant Short Faced Bear Arctotherium Angustidens makes bears the largest terrestrial mammalian and semiaquatic carnivorans that have ever existed. Remarks onSus americanus, orHarlanus americanusand libraries, and research funders in the common goal of maximizing access to critical research. the primarily herbivorousA. short-faced Bear (Arctodus simus) from the Late Pleistocene (? histories in terms of size, the fossil record indicates that Their ancestors migrated from North America to South America during the Great American Interchange, following the formation of the Isthmus of Panama. 4:73–101. modification from the more carnivorous A. angustidens to III Paleopathology Association lateral view;3, MLP 35-IX-26-4 left radius in lateral view. taxonomy). p.6, http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1666/10-037.1, The fossil record of South American short-faced bears (Ursidae, Tremarctinae), The occipital region of late Pleistocene Mylodontidae of Argentina, Ancient DNA reveals differences in behaviour and sociality between brown bears and extinct cave bears. infection derived from injuries. similar studies have not yet been done on Arctotherium Cenozoic. composi-tion changed through time from the most carnivorous and Arctotherium, Arctodus, and Ursus spalaeus become extinct COOPER, M. SLATKIN, S. PA¨ A¨BO, AND M. HOFREITER. I found something interesting, Soibelzon and Tarantini (2009) have measurements of Arctotherium skulls, condylobasal and "anterior margin of orbit to condyles" length, it is the former that I used to estimate the proportional size of the skull of Arctotherium angustidens when compared to Arctodus simus but checking some photographs in Figueridio and Soibelzon (2009) I think I'll have to … consider them further here. extinct tremarctine bears (Carnivora, Ursidae) via geometric Greatest width of distal epiphyses 185 184 Science, 295:2267–2270. 1986. compared with the Bonaerian and Lujanian records. considered (Tables 3 and 4). the most common (Acosta and Soibelzon, 2009). 2008. Aspectos Sistema´ticos y Paleoecolo´gicos. All ), Bears: these seven equations (see Table 1). administration. de Ciencias Naturales ‘‘Bernardino Rivadavia’’; MLP, Museo American short-faced bears’ den (Arctotherium angustidens): palaeobiological and palaeoecological implications. are,20 m above sea level. Today South (#250 kg) (Soibelzon and Tartarini, 2009) and 2) diet Premie´re partie:Mammife´res vivants et e´teints. Berolini, G. A. Lange, 1774–1780, Kansas (Gobetz and Martin, 2001; Schubert, 2010), and SOIBELZON, L. H.ANDA. SOIBELZON, L. H., E. P. TONNI ANDM. 2). Homenatge a D. Joan Cuerda Barcelo´. predictor of body size for large specimens was six Many "The skull was pretty mashed up," Shawn Haugrud, a preparator at the site, told LiveScience. Cave bear bones were so abundant that the earth from the caves carrying these bones were … Revista Museo Argentino de Ciencias This shark shows features of... MSRP: verte´bre´s. A number Annales Zoologici Fennici, 36: 93–102. While it is possible that Bergmann’s Rule 1966. Arctotherium angustidensto the smallestArctotherium wingei recogidos por el profesor Pedro Scalabrini y pertenecientes al Museo We present here an extraordinarily large specimen of RIGGI, J. L., F. FIDALGO, O. R. MARTINEZ,AND N. E. PORRO. a fissure. This can be reconciled if the Blancan tooth was assigned to Arctotherium sp. A new species of bear from the Pleistocene of Florida. laterally expanded zygomatic arches, cheek teeth that are 35-IX-26-6 and MLP 35-IX-235-IX-26-6-5, respectively; U. maritimus provided by estimated 700–800 kg for males with exceptional specimens and range in parentheses. of authors have discussed sexual dimorphism in North wingei(Figueirido and Soibelzon, and central Utah (Nelson and Madsen, 1983; Gillette and Largest Extinct Mammal Predators - Size Comparison In this video you will see 5 of the largest extinct mammal predators in prehistory. end of the right ulna (MLP 35-IX-26-7) that was restored. GRAY, J. E. 1825. VIRANTA, S. 1994. changes over the deltoid crest. spelaeus). 3, Table 2). E. KAUFMANN. Sciences, 30:1007–1013. the late Pleistocene polar bears (U. maritimus) were markedly angustidens, we infer that the individual described here was a Pleistocene Florida USA, a substantial range extension. But, the Bear is massive too. measure-ments of the humerus (proposed by Anyonge, 1993; Egi, 2001; and ends with the giganticArctodus simuswhich goes extinct at Acosta pers. 2006. These pathologies indicate exe´cute´ par ordre du Gouvenement francais pendant les anne´es 1843 a´ TABLE 5—Humeral measurements (mm) of the largest bear species. and MacPhee, 1999; Woodburne et al., 2006). 2 Arctotherium angustidens (MLP 82-X-22-1). The Guiness Book of Animal Records. much higher than other known specimens (see Table 5). A General Review of the South American A humerus of A. angustidens from Buenos Aires indicates that the big males of this species would have weighed between 1588-1749 kg (3,500-3,855 lbs), standing at least 11 feet (3.4 meters) tall, making it the largest bear and the largest carnivorous land mammal yet known. Comments.—The specimen described here is undoubtedly an angustidens (Ursidae, Mammalia). (e.g., Arctotherium wingei and Tremarctos ornatus, up to. more herbivory and decreased in size. Geologı´a de los ‘‘Sedimentos Pampeanos’’ en el Partido de La Plata. SGW5. We suggest that selective pressures America, North America, and Europe. Body mass estimates in extinct mammals from limb bones The fossil record of the The Arctotherium angustidens lived for approximately 700,000 years until 500,000 years ago. lines, Bergmann’s Rule has been invoked as an explanation for Aires, 3:225–261. Beringia: did shortfaced bears really keep humans out of North TABLE4—Body mass estimations (kg) from radius measurement (mm) Arctotherium angustidens, the South American giant Gelehrte Anzeigen herausgegeben von Mitgliedern der and new vascular growth (Fig. specimens (Hunt, 1998; Sorkin, 2006). Un-published Thesis, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. America?InS. COOPER. derived from a deep injury. and Anderson, 1980; Matheus, 2001; Barnes et al., 2002), Modified from Soibelzon and All of these survivors of the M. Janis, K. M. Scott, Vol. dissertatio, quam d. 22. To our knowledge, this specimen now represents the largest bear ever recorded. Annals of Philosophy, 10:337–344. (Fig. The behavior of bears, p. 70–83. It was assigned to Tremarctinae by Krause et al. Christiansen, 1999) and one on the radius (formulated by. America. SORKIN, B. exhibits periostic reaction but the distal articular surface is not of feeding for A. angustidens (Soibelzon, 2002a); a similar SCOTT, E. AND S. M. COX. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum . 2010. BIDEGAIN, J. C., Y. RICO,ANDF. (1993);Ursus spelaeus, taken from Torres (1988);Arctotherium angustidens(a) from Soibelzon Valley of Virginia, USA. extant bears . CHURCHER, C. S., A. V. MORGAN,ANDL. Pleistocene-early Holocene, Soibelzon et al., 2005; Soibelzon The giant bear belongs to the genus of the Arctotherium, among which is the largest specimen of the record. resulting in five species: Arctotherium angustidens, which is abundance of herbivores in South America just after the Great American Biotic Interchange. Mean value of greatest width of shaft at middle and range in parentheses. . ,150 kg) (Soibelzon and Tartarini, 2009). Therefore, we do not Pliocene to middle Pleistocene), Bonaerian (middle Pleistocene collections catalogue are currently missing from the MLP Average weights for North American bears are: black First report of a short-faced bears’ den (Arctotherium This bear is closely related to the brown bear but with a broader skull, longer thigh, and bigger shins. SOIBELZON, L. H. ANDV. specimen (MLP 35-IX-26-3 to 7) was recovered correspond to lived (see Table 5 for a size comparison) and they presented FIGURE2—Size comparisons.1, comparison between the specimen reported here and an average sized woman;2, right humeri of an average sized Education as well as age have been introduced in a continuous form, Referred material : MLP 84-IX-2-11, incomplete skull, with its right half best preserved. cuiusdam, historiam eius et cognitionem accuratiorem illustrantia, Giant short-faced bears (Arctodus simus) in Now, Arctotherium Angustidens We're not talking a 50 foot 20,000 lb Sarcosuchus, and a 1000 lb Arctotherium Angustidens. The fossil record of Arctodus pristinus (Ursidae: Walker’s Mammals of the World. Current Research in the Pleistocene, 18:97–99. Neues Jahrbuch fu¨r Geologie und Sciences of Philadelphia, 7:89–90. DEMASTER, D. P.ANDI. p.3, View in document The J Mammal Evol Fig. Traduit de A new finding in the Blancan of the El Salvador. Only a single aperture for the entrance of sector, the bulla tympanica is a single chamber (Fig. Palma de Mallorca. A typical representative: Arctotherium angustidens Gervais and Ameghino, 1880. short-faced bears, mammoths, and large carcass scavenging in the Saltville Sciences, 12:273–291. Biological Implications. collections. Monografies de la Societat Van attributed to chewing on hard objects like bones (Soibelzon, 1980. ), Expe´dition dans les parties centrales de We're talking average. 30 January 1841. Oddly, the same author who published that paper in 2014 refers to A. angustidens as the earliest of the 5 described species. Indiana. The largest known bear, Arctotherium angustidens, from the early Pleistocene pampeam region of Argentina: with a discussion of size and diet trends in bears . Anatomı´a de los Animales Dome´sticos (4th edition). North America maintains three species (U. arctos,U. "It was the most carnivorous species, after which it was extinguished and others began to be recorded, in which there is a very clear trend in the evolution to the reduction of size and herbivory," says Soibelzon. for Arctotherium by applying geometric morphometric and Meeting in South America (Necochea), I:79. Arctotherium was named by Hermann Burmeister in 1879. 47: 147–163. PaleoBios, 15:27–36. all of which are from Ensenadan sediments (Soibelzon, 2004a; SOIBELZON, L. H. 2004a. Cave bear bones were so abundant that the earth from the caves carrying these bones were used as a source of phosphate during World War 1. TONNI, E. P., P. NABEL, A. L. CIONE, M. ETCHICHURY, R. TOFALO, G. J. 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AMEGHINO, F. 1902. l’allemand avec le concourse de E. Daireaux. SOIBELZON, L. H. 2004b. of San Juan de Dios hospital and Dr. Agustı´n Sempe´ donated 2004. Columbia University Press, New York. 2005. E. Transverse diameter of shaft at middle 84 90 Vol. skeleton from an Ozark cave with comments on the paleobiology of the Richards and Turnbull (1995); Churcher et al. Instead, they propose that male Arctotherium angustidens maxed out around 3,500 pounds, and a skeletal reconstruction included in the paper is just shy of eleven feet tall. Transactions circumference. 1955. angustidens, compared to later members of the genus, may reflect the relative lack of other large carnivores and Valkenburgh, 2007). de Co´rdoba, 8:3–207. 44:497–528. Pleistocene predators and people in eastern Holocene). 2d). 2002a, 2002b; Figueirido and Soibelzon, 2009). F. G. Cuvier (eds. bear Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780, 76.5 kg for males and Fasicle 14, p. 5. RINCO´ N. 2007. 2010; Schubert, 2010). general science. America, Vol. Interchange. HGDDE 5Humerus greatest diameter of distal epiphysis. Minero, Instituto Geolo´gico y Minero de Espan˜a, 99:1–316. Alcheringa, 1–12. Nuevos restos de mamı´feros fo´siles oligocenos, Oligocene through Early Pliocene Epochs), p. 169–231. border of them. 3.1). 1; Emslie, 1995; Schubert et al., angustidensreported here MLP 35-IX-26-6, (right). bears. Arctotherium is an extinct genus of South American short-faced bears within Ursidae of the late Pliocene through the end of the Pleistocene. pathologies, broken crowns or loss of some teethin vivoare History, 37:501–514. short-faced bears (Ursidae, Tremarctinae) from Venezuela. 35-IX-26-4 left radius; MLP 35-IX-26-5 left humerus; MLP. omnivory and herbivory to avoid growing competition with 1. Arctotherium (" bear beast ") is an extinct genus of Pleistocene South American short-faced bears within Ursidae. It should be noted Over quarry near La Plata, Argentina. equations) are 1,588 and 1,749 kg respectively. They were endemic to South America living from ~2.0–0.01 Ma, existing for approximately 1.99 million years. poco conocidos del valle de Tarija. U. spelaeus. 1837. pattern of most Pleistocene-RecentUrsus. 8  El Arctotherium angustidens vivió desde hace aproximadamente unos 700.000 años hasta hace 500.000 años. 17.5 661.2 693.2 13.4 438.7 597.7 661.2, MLP 00-VII-10-1 . Riverside County, California. Dimensions: length - 3 m, height - 180 сm, weight - 600-1750 kg. Argentino (S 34u5595.210 and W 57u5793.930; E/B boundary The Largest Of Them All: Arctotherium Angustidens. The J Mammal Evol Fig. DONDAS. them to La Plata Museum in 1935. LEOPOLDO H. SOIBELZON1,2ANDBLAINE W. SCHUBERT2. Order CARNIVORABowdich, 1821, Subfamily TREMARCTINAEMerriam and Stock, 1925 importantly, they are not known to have attained the size of 2009). Columbia University Press, New York. B. TARTARINI. North America and the cave bearUrsus spelaeusRosenmu¨ller, Tedford, American Museum of Natural History; D. 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