The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) was one of several spectacular megafaunal species that
became extinct in northern Eurasia during the late Quaternary. Vast numbers of their …

Body Mass in Cercopithecidae (Primates, Mammalia): Estimation and Scaling in Extinct and
Extant Taxa By Eric Delson, Carl J. Terranova, William L. Jungers, Eric J. Sargis, Nina G …

The correlation between body mass and both skeletal and dental measures in living
mammals has enabled paleontologists to obtain reliable estimates of body size for extinct …

Body masses of the giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus Cope) and the cave bear (Ursus
spelaeus Rosenmüller & Heinroth) were calculated with equations based on a long-bone …

Abstract All known Pleistocene South American fossil ursids belong to Arctotherium, an
extinct genus of tremarctine bears. Its occurrence encompasses many countries in Central …

The South American giant short-faced bear (Arctotherium angustidens Gervais and
Ameghino, 1880) is one of five described Arctotherium species endemic to South America …

The thriving school of palaeontological research that Björn Kurtén surprisingly established at
Helsinki came about through a unique combination of Swedish and Finnish traditions that …

Contar con estimaciones precisas de la masa corporal de los taxones fósiles es esencial
para realizar reconstrucciones paleobiológicas. Empleando relaciones demostradas entre …

The Cave Bear skull is characterized in classic descriptions by a strong development in the
frontal area. This feature gives it a characteristic step profile in lateral view. Such …

Bears are currently represented by eight species among Carnivora. Being all particularly
large and generally plantigrade limits to certain extent their functional morphology so that …