Pseudarctos

Pseudarctos is a member of the extinct family Amphicyonidae of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, which inhabited Eurasia in the Middle Miocene subepoch 16.9—11.1 Ma, existing for approximately 5.8 million years.[1]

Pseudarctos
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: †Amphicyonidae
Genus: †Pseudarctos
Schlosser, 1899
Species:
†P. bavaricus
Binomial name
†Pseudarctos bavaricus
Schlosser, 1899

Pseudarctos was named Schlosser in 1899 and was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988). It was the size of a large fox.[2]

Fossil distribution

Pseudarctos has been uncovered in Tung Gur China, Sandberg, Slovakia, and Malartic, a la ferme Larrieu, France.

References
  1. Paleobiology Database: Pseudarctos, age range and collections
  2. Systematic Paleontology


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