Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Alternative spellings: Ailuropodidae, Ailuropodini
Parent taxon: Ursidae according to J. Abella et al. 2012
See also Chorn and Hoffman 1978, de Bones et al. 2017, Jin et al. 2007, Kurtén 1985, O'Brien et al. 1985, O'Brien et al. 1986 and Van Valen 1986
Sister taxa: Agriotheriinae, Amphicynodontinae, Eoarctos, Harpaleocyon, Hemicyoninae, Metarctos, Myadina, Phoberocyoninae, Proarctotherium, Taxina, Tremarctinae, Ursinae, Ursulus
Subtaxa: Agriarctos Agriotheriini Ailurarctos Ailuropoda Indarctini Kretzoiarctos
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (15 collections), Myanmar (1), Vietnam (3)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (1: Idaho)
• Pliocene of Bulgaria (1), China (2), Ethiopia (1), Greece (1), Libya (1), Poland (1), South Africa (3), Ukraine (1)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (11), United States (29: Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), South Africa (1), Uganda (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Bulgaria (1), China (7), Germany (1), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (2), Moldova (1), Spain (2), Turkey (3), United States (4: Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 100 collections including 104 occurrences