Ursus kudarensis
| Ursus kudarensis Temporal range: Middle to Late Pleistocene, | |
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| Later view of the holotype fossil, ZIRAS No. 31260 found in Kudaro III | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Subfamily: | Ursinae |
| Genus: | Ursus |
| Species: | U. kudarensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ursus kudarensis Baryshnikov, 1985[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ursus spelaeus kudarensis | |
Ursus kudarensis is an extinct species of the cave bear complex that lived in the Caucasus Mountains during the Pleistocene epoch, nearly 350,000–40,000 years ago.[2][3]
Taxonomy
The species was described in 1985 by Soviet paleontologist Gennady Baryshnikov during the excavations at the Kudaro cave complex, Georgia. It was initially defined as Ursus spelaeus kudarensis, a cave bear subspecies named after its type locality. Analyzing four fossil skulls and more than 200 molars and premolars from Kudaro III, Baryshnikov observed several distinct morphological features that deviated from the cave bear populations of Eastern and Western Europe, including less elongated skulls and archaic dental features.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 Lyubin, V. P.; Baryshnikov, G. F.; Chernyakhovsky, G. A.; Selivanova, N. B.; Levkovskaya, G. M. (1985). "The Kudaro I Cave (an attempt at comprehensive approach) [Пещера Кударо I (опыт комплексного исследования)]" (PDF). Sovetskaya Arkheologiya (in Russian). 3: 5–24. ISSN 0038-5034.
- ↑ Baryshnikov, G. F.; Puzachenko, A. Y. (March 2019). "Evolution and Morphological Variability of Cheek Teeth in the Kudaro Cave Bear (Ursus kudarensis, Carnivora, Ursidae)". Biology Bulletin. 47 (7): 854–877. doi:10.1134/s106235902007002x. ISSN 1062-3590.
- ↑ Baryshnikov, Gennady; Gimranov, Dmitry; Kosintsev, Pavel (March 2019). "Variability of the upper incisors in the cave bears (Carnivora, Ursidae) from the Caucasus and Urals". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 18 (2): 209–222. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2018.08.001. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.