Three visions of the short-faced bear: Arctodus as a predator, a scavenger, and an herbivore. By Oscar San-Isidro, from Figueirido et al., 2010. Arctodus simus, the short-faced bear, was part of ...

Being a giant predator during the Pleistocene — from around 2.6 million years to about 11,000 years ago — was no easy feat. From short-faced bears to Ice Age coyotes, American cheetahs, dire wolves, ...

"The short-faced bear is the T-rex of the Ice Age," Forir said. There also is a trio of extinct tortoises embedded in a wall. One fossil is believed to be about a foot long, more than twice the ...

A prehistoric South American giant short-faced bear tipped the scales at up to 3,500 pounds (1,600 kilograms) and towered at least 11 feet (3.4 meters) standing up, according to a new study.

Here are the largest predators ever to have lived in North America. Skip to main content. ... However, paleontologists comfortably estimate that the short-faced bear probably weighed around 1,540 ...

Millions of years ago, America was home to terrifying prehistoric predators, from the saber-toothed cat to the giant short-faced bear. These apex hunters dominated their environments with razor ...

What was thought to have once belonged to an American Lion may have actually previously been in the mouth of aGiant Short-Faced Bear. Last week, we told you about a fossilized tooth that had been ...

Based on measurements of the fossil's leg bones and equations used to estimate body mass, the researchers say the bear would have stood at least 11 feet tall (3.3 meters) on its hind legs and ...

They would need them, with terrifying predators like the short-faced bear on the prowl. Arriving in the Chesapeake Bay, the early American inhabitants' first order of business would have been to ...

Short-Faced Bear. An unusual looking bear, ... Although brown bears are top-of-the-food-chain predators, much of their diet consists of nuts, berries, fruit, leaves, and roots.

Demythologizing Arctodus simus, the ‘Short-Faced’ long-legged and predaceous bear that never was Journal of Verterbrate Paleontology, 30 (1), 262-275 : 10.1080/02724630903416027 ...