Name: Ursusspelaeus.
Meaning: Cavebear.
Grouping: Mammal,
Carnivore, Ursid.
Informal ID: Cave bear.
Fossil size: Skull length
50cm/20in.
Reconstructed size:
Head-body up to 3m/10ft.
Habitat: Varied.
Time span: Pleistocene,
within the past 2 million years,
to today (for the genus).
Main fossil sites:
Throughout Europe
Occurrence: ••