In Depth Although one of the bear dogs, Temnocyon seems to have been more the size of a small wolf. The first remains of Temnocyon came from the John Day fossil beds of Oregon state which are noted for producing a large number of the currently known temnocyonine fossils. The range of Temnocyon currently seems … Read more
In Depth Not to be confused with the bear dogs which were dog-like mammals that resembled bears; Hemicyon was what is loosely termed a dog bear, which is a bear that is more dog-like. In simple terms, Hemicyon was more closely related to bears than dogs. Hemicyon had a very important difference between it and … Read more
In Depth One of the better known bears in the worlds fossil record, the Agriotherium genus is also easily one of the largest currently known. With this large size it would be tempting to portray Agriotherium as a savage killers of any animal that might be unfortunate enough to be in its way, yet like … Read more