Bears of the Pleistocene

[johnny rex]

(06-07-2023, 11:50 AM)hibernours Wrote: Hi.

Ursus arctos priscus was really a huge bear and it is probably not an exaggeration. I am european and i am in contact with professional paleontologists. This year, it is possible that some new materials will be available about giant prehistoric brown bears in Europe. According to my contact some bones suggest skulls between 550 mm and 650mm, if this is confirmed it is absolutely gigantic. Without limb bones it is difficult to evaluate the mass of an animal. But no doubt that this bear were among the largest and the most powerful carnivores in Europe.
Some cave bears were not entirely herbivorous. Skulls around between 500 mm and 550 mm are in fact not exceptional, we have a skull which is 571 mm in length and a european paleontologist have personally measured a skull which is 600 mm in length, almost the length of the skull of Megistotherium!
So there were very large bears in Europe but a lot of material is not published.

Can I see the link where someone found a 600 mm long bear skull? Reply