Smilodon fatalis and Arctodus simus
268268Short-faced bear (Arctodus Leidy, 1854)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Dimensions: length - 2,9 m, height - 180 сm, weight - 400-950 kg
Temporal range: Pleistocene of North America (800 – 11 years ago)
A typical representative: Arctodus simus Cope, 1897
Smilodon (Smilodon fatalis Leidy, 1869)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: †Machairodontinae
Tribe: †Smilodontini
Size: 2,2 meters long, 1,1 meters tall at the shoulder. Weight estimated at up to 250 kg.
Time period: Throughout the Pleistocene, till the very early Holocene (North America.).
Short-faced bear (Arctodus Leidy, 1854)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Dimensions: length - 2,9 m, height - 180 сm, weight - 400-950 kg
Temporal range: Pleistocene of North America (800 – 11 years ago)
A typical representative: Arctodus simus Cope, 1897
Smilodon (Smilodon fatalis Leidy, 1869)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: †Machairodontinae
Tribe: †Smilodontini
Size: 2,2 meters long, 1,1 meters tall at the shoulder. Weight estimated at up to 250 kg.
Time period: Throughout the Pleistocene, till the very early Holocene (North America.).