Gigantic Bear-Dogs Lived in France 12 Million Years Ago paleontology science
) represent one of the most characteristic groups of predators in the ancient European faunas.
Often colloquially referred to as bear-dogs, these creatures resembled a cross between a bear and a large dog.Numerous amphicyonid species existed in Europe during the Early and Middle Miocene epoch, but they went extinct before the end of the Miocene, around 7.5 million years ago. They were also ecologically diverse, ranged in body mass from 9 to 320 kg, and displayed typical mesocarnivorous, omnivorous, bone-crushing, and hypercarnivorous diets.Tartarocyon cazanaveiIts fossilized lower jaw was recovered from the marine deposits of Sallepisse in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, France., a paleontologist at the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel.“This tooth is particularly important for determining species and genera.
“That is because it offers the opportunity to explore the development of European bear-dogs against the background of known environmental events at this time.”
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