Indarctos Pilgrim 1913 (bear)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

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

See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Chorn and Hoffman 1978, Hunt 1998, Salesa et al. 2006 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010

Sister taxa: Agriotherium, Huracan

Subtaxa: Indarctos anthracitis Indarctos arctoides Indarctos atticus Indarctos nevadensis Indarctos oregonensis Indarctos punjabiensis Indarctos salmontanus Indarctos vireti Indarctos zdanskyi

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Type: Indarctos salmontanus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Libya (1 collection)

• Hemphillian of United States (13: Arizona, California, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), China (6), Greece (1), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (1), Moldova (1), Turkey (3), United States (2: Nebraska, Oregon)

Total: 30 collections including 32 occurrences

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