Presenting Prehistory: A Paleontology Lecture Series, Museum of the Rockies: Insight into the Evolution and Lifestyle of Early Bears Based on a New Species from North Dakota

When:
March 1, 2023 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
2023-03-01T17:30:00-07:00
2023-03-01T19:30:00-07:00
Where:
Museum of the Rockies
600 W Kagy Blvd
Bozeman, MT 59717
USA
Cost:
Free for MOR Members; $7.50/person Non-Members
Contact:
Alicia Harvey
406-994-2251

The early bear fossil record is poorly sampled, providing little insight into the preferred diet, habitat, and locomotion of the first bears to evolve in North America. In this presentation, Dr. Clint Boyd, Senior paleontologist of the North Dakota Geological Survey, discusses the study of the nearly complete skeleton of a housecat-sized early bear relative from the Oligocene (~32 million years ago) of North Dakota that provides detailed insights into the anatomy and lifestyle of one of the most iconic carnivores alive today.