FIGURE 8 in A late Turolian giant panda from Bulgaria and the early evolution and dispersal of the panda lineage

FIGURE 8. Reconstruction of?A. nikolovi sp. nov. from Bulgaria. Artwork by Velizar Simeonovski, Chicago. The reconstruction was developed by a regressive estimate of the coloration of the modern A. melanoleuca, based on the variation of the coloration of Ursus arctos. Ursus arctos is used for calibration because the variation of its coloration (geographic, ecological, and individual) provides the most comprehensive model for the evolution of the coloration in Ursidae genera.Published as part of Jiangzuo, Qigao & Spassov, Nikolai, 2022, A late Turolian giant panda from Bulgaria and the early evolution and dispersal of the panda lineage, pp. 1-12 in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (e2054718) CLXVI (CLXVI) on page 9, DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2021.2054718, http://zenodo.org/record/695311