Ailuropoda baconi
| Ailuropoda baconi Temporal range: Late Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Genus: | Ailuropoda |
| Species: | A. baconi |
| Binomial name | |
| Ailuropoda baconi (Woodward 1915)[1] | |
Ailuropoda baconi is an extinct panda from the Late Pleistocene, 750 thousand years ago, and was preceded by A. wulingshanensis and A. microta as an ancestor of the giant panda, A. melanoleuca. Very little is known about this creature, however its latest fossils have been dated to the Late Pleistocene.[2]
Physiology
A. baconi is the largest panda ancestor on record and probably was similar in physical structure to its descendant, the panda.
References
- ↑ Woodward, A. Smith (1915). "On the Skull of an extinct Mammal related to Æluropus from a Cave in the Ruby Mines at Mogok, Burma". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (III): 425–428. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1915.tb07605.x.
- ↑ "Bears and Bamboo: The fossil record of giant pandas". WIRED.
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