Nearest Ancestor of Living Bears: Ursavus tedfordi

 

  

Fig. 1  Skull and head reconstruction of Ursavus tedfordi (illustrated by Shi Qinqin), and the background is the Late Miocene Hipparion red clay of the Linxia Basin in Gansu, China (photographed by Deng Tao) 

  

Fig. 2  Skull of Ursavus tedfordi in ventral view (image by Deng Tao) 

  

Fig. 3  Upper dentition of Ursavus tedfordi (image by Deng Tao) 

  

Fig. 4  Mandible of Ursavus tedfordi in lateral view (image by Deng Tao) 

  

Fig. 5  Mandible of Ursavus tedfordi in crown view (image by Deng Tao) 

 

 

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