Arctotherium Bravard 1857 (bear)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Parent taxon: Arctotheriini according to Q. Jiangzuo and J.J. Flynn 2020

See also Alroy 2002, Ameghino 1885, Ameghino 1902, Schultz and Howard 1935, Soibelzon et al. 2008 and Trajano and Ferrarezzi 1995

Sister taxa: Arctodus, Plionarctos, Tremarctos

Subtaxa: Arctotherium (Arctotherium) Arctotherium (Pararctotherium) Arctotherium angustidens Arctotherium brasiliensis Arctotherium tarijense Arctotherium wingei

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (9 collections), Bolivia (4), Brazil (6), Chile (2), Mexico (1), Venezuela (3)

• Blancan of El Salvador (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (1)

Total: 27 collections including 30 occurrences

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