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Taxonomy
Agriotherium was named by Wagner (1837) [type South Asian A. sivalensis; accidentally ]. Its type is Agriotherium sivalensis.
It was assigned to Agriotheriinae by Hendey (1974); to Hemicyoninae by Qiu et al. (1991); to Ursavini by Hunt (1998); to Ursidae by Wagner (1837), Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988), Salesa et al. (2006) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Agriotheriini by Chorn and Hoffman (1978) and Jiangzuo et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Agriotheriinae by Hendey (1974); to Hemicyoninae by Qiu et al. (1991); to Ursavini by Hunt (1998); to Ursidae by Wagner (1837), Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988), Salesa et al. (2006) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Agriotheriini by Chorn and Hoffman (1978) and Jiangzuo et al. (2023).
Species
A. aecuatorialis, A. africanum, A. hendeyi, A. inexpetans, A. insigne, A. palaeindicum, A. sivalensis (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1837 | Agriotherium Wagner |
1845 | Hyaenarctos Falconer and Cautley |
1968 | Agriotherium Kurten p. 119 |
1974 | Agriotherium Hendey p. 68 |
1978 | Agriotherium Chorn and Hoffman p. 3 |
1988 | Agriotherium Carroll |
1991 | Agriotherium Qiu et al. |
1998 | Agriotherium Hunt, Jr. p. 182 |
2006 | Agriotherium Salesa et al. p. 381 |
2010 | Agriotherium Werdelin and Peigne p. 612 |
2023 | Agriotherium Jiangzuo et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Agriotherium Wagner 1837
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†Agriotherium aecuatorialis Morales et al. 2005
†Agriotherium africanum Hendey 1972
†Agriotherium hendeyi Jiangzuo and Flynn 2019
†Agriotherium inexpetans Qiu et al. 1991
†Agriotherium insigne Gervais 1853
†Agriotherium palaeindicum Lydekker 1884
†Agriotherium sivalensis Cautley and Falconer 1836
Invalid names: Hyaenarctos Falconer and Cautley 1845 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Nowak 1991, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 |
Collections (30 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Miocene | USA (Nevada) | A. sp. (18841) | |
Tortonian - Zanclean | Ethiopia | A. sp. (22139) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | China (Gansu) | A. inexpetans (34694) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Zanclean | Uganda | A. aecuatorialis (230937) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Arizona) | A. sp. (19272) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Kansas) | A. sp. (18140 18241) | |
Hemphillian | USA (California) | A. sp. (19446) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | A. sp. (18439) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Arizona) | A. gregoryi (19612) A. sp. (19514) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (California) | A. sp. (19306 19604) Hyaenarctos gregoryi (19445) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Texas) | A. sp. (18036) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | A. sp. (18126 18359) | |
Turolian | Spain (Valencia) | A. roblesi (40758) | |
Messinian | Libya | A. sp. (102370) | |
Messinian - Piacenzian | South Africa (Cape) | A. africanum (59167) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Bulgaria (Yambol) | A. sivalensis (184410) | |
Zanclean | Ethiopia | A. sp. (22160) | |
Zanclean | Libya | A. sp. (102372) | |
Zanclean | South Africa | A. africanum (22221 22222) | |
Ruscinian | China (Shanxi) | A. sp. (42273) | |
MN 15 | Poland | A. intermedium (33396) | |
MN 15 - MN 16 | Ukraine | A. sp. (50943) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Greece (Grevena) | A. sp. (185859) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Langebaanweg) | A. africanum (21713) |