This study describes and summarizes the Temnocyoninae (Mammalia, Carnivora), a subfamily of amphicyonid carnivores of considerable diversity and singular comorphology within Cenozoic faunas of North ...

An international team of scientists has identified a new species of ancient predator that was part bear and part dog and roamed Europe millions of years ago. The new genus has been named "Tartarocyon, ...

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Vol. 35, No. 5 (September 2015), pp. 1-5 (5 pages) ...

A part dog-part bear thought to have roamed around Europe millions of years ago has been identified by an international team of scientists. The ancient predator has been named Tartarocyon - nod to a ...

A fossilized lower jaw has led an international team of paleontologists, headed by Bastien Mennecart from the Natural History Museum Basel, to discover a new species of predator that once lived in ...

A fossilized lower jaw has led an international team of palaeontologists, headed by Bastien Mennecart from the Natural History Museum Basel, to discover a new species of predator that once lived in ...

A bear-dog hybrid weighing the equivalent of 40 bowling balls is probably not what you'd want to meet while on a skiing holiday in France. Fortunately, these fearsome carnivores became extinct around ...

It's rare to discover fossils from the mid-Miocene era around the Pyrenees mountain range in southern France. But paleontologists believe they may have discovered a new species after finding a lower ...