Giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus yukonensis) remains from Fulton County, northern Indiana / Fieldiana, Geology, new series, no. 30

• Main Authors: Richards, Ronald L., Turnbull, William D. joint author, Neiburger, Ellis J. (Ellis Jay), 1944- contributor
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, Ill. : Field Museum of Natural History 1995
• Subjects: Giant short-faced bear.; Bears; Fossil; Fulton; Yukon; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:giantshortfacedb30rich; http://www.archive.org/details/giantshortfacedb30rich

Major portions of the skeleton of the extinct giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus yukonensis) were recovered from Fulton County, northern Indiana, in 1967. The bones provided a radiocarbon age of 11,500 +/- 520 years B. P. (apatite fraction). The skeleton was deposited in a shallow lake, perhaps...