Pseudarctos
Pseudarctos | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
Subfamily: | Amphicyoninae |
Genus: | Pseudarctos Schlosser (1899) |
Species | |
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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 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.
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