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An estimated standing height for this A. angustidens individual is between 3.4 and 4.3 m (11 and 14 ft). It would still make the species the largest bear ever found, and contender for the largest carnivorous land mammal known.
Feb 16, 2011 · Instead, they propose that male Arctotherium angustidens maxed out around 3,500 pounds, and a skeletal reconstruction included in the paper is just shy of eleven feet tall.
- Riley Black
Feb 16, 2011 · Instead, they propose that male Arctotherium angustidens maxed out around 3,500 pounds, and a skeletal reconstruction included in the paper is just shy of eleven feet tall.
Feb 1, 2011 · 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...
The South American giant short-faced bear (Arctotherium angustidens Gervais and Ameghino, 1880) is one of five described Arctotherium species endemic to South America and it is known for being the earliest, largest, and most carnivorous member of the genus.
- Leopoldo Héctor Soibelzon, Leopoldo Héctor Soibelzon, Blaine W. Schubert
- 2011
Jun 6, 2018 · Physical Description. 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 would have weighed between 3,500 and 3,855 pounds (1,588 and 1,749 kilograms).
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Arctotherium angustidens Gervais and Ameghino, 1880 (the South American giant short-faced bear) is known for being the earliest (Ensenadan Age, early to middle Pleistocene) and largest (body mass over 1 ton) of five described Arctotherium species endemic to South America.
