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Deninger's bear
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Etymology
en mul-tax Ursus deningeri; named in 1904 by the German paleontologist Wilhelm von Reichenau (1847–1925) after the German geologist and paleontologist Karl Deninger (1878–1917).de Wilhelm von Reichenau 1904 Über eine neue fossile Bären-Art Ursus deningeri Mihi<t:About a new fossil bear species Ursus deningeri la mihi Mihi i.e., von Reichenau> https://www.zobodat.at/publikation_articles.php?id=278104 Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde<t:Yearbooks of the Nassau Society for Natural History> 57 1 Wiesbaden Nassauischer Verein für Naturkunde<t:Nassau Society for Natural History> 1–11 0368-1254 224457220.
Noun
†Ursus deningeri species, an extinct species of bear, endemic to Eurasia during the Pleistocene for approximately 1.7 million years, from 1.8 to 0.1 million years ago; it is the ancestor to the later cave bear.
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Further reading
Ursus deningeri 1
Ursus deningeri 1
en eponyms
en Ursids