Ailuropoda fovealis Matthew and Granger 1923

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Alternative combinations: Aeluropus fovealis, Ailuropoda melanoleuca fovealis

Full reference: W.D. Matthew and W.T. Granger. 1923. New fossil mammals from the Pliocene of Sze-chuan, China. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 48(17):564-598

Belongs to Ailuropoda according to D. D. Davis 1964

Sister taxa: Ailuropoda baconi, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, Ailuropoda microta, Ailuropoda wulingshanensis

Type specimen: AMNH 18385, a mandible (right lower jaw with p4-m3+left m3). Its type locality is Yen-ching-kao, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in China.

Distribution: found only at Yen-ching-kao

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