A unique discovery: the jaw of a bear-dog that lived 12 million years ago

Tartarocyon_reconstruction

An amazing discovery was dug in the Pyrenees mountain range in France – the jaw of a bear-dog that lived 12 million years ago. The bear-dogs weighed 320 Kg, and became extinct 7.5 million years ago. The species got the name ‘Tartarocyon’.

 

Photo by: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tartarocyon_reconstruction.png

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