Agriotherium Wagner 1837 (bear)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Synonym: Hyaenarctos Falconer and Cautley 1845

Parent taxon: Agriotheriini according to Q. Jiangzuo et al. 2023

See also Alroy 2002, Bennett 1979, Carroll 1988, Chorn and Hoffman 1978, Dalquest 1986, Hendey 1974, Hunt 1998, Kurten 1968, Miller and Carranza-Castaneda 1996, Qiu et al. 1991, Salesa et al. 2006, Savage 1941 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010

Sister taxa: Huracan, Indarctos

Subtaxa: Agriotherium aecuatorialis Agriotherium africanum Agriotherium hendeyi Agriotherium inexpetans Agriotherium insigne Agriotherium palaeindicum Agriotherium sivalensis

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Type: Agriotherium sivalensis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Bulgaria (1 collection), China (1), Ethiopia (1), Greece (1), Libya (1), Poland (1), South Africa (3), Ukraine (1)

• Hemphillian of United States (13: Arizona, California, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), South Africa (1), Uganda (1)

• Miocene of China (1), Libya (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence

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