Pseudarctos

Pseudarctos Temporal range: 16.9–11.1 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle Miocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	†Amphicyonidae
Genus:	†Pseudarctos Schlosser, 1899
Species:	†P. bavaricus
Binomial name
†Pseudarctos bavaricus Schlosser, 1899

Pseudarctos is a member of the extinct family Amphicyonidae of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, which inhabited Eurasia in the Middle Miocene subepoch 16.9—11.1 Ma, existing for approximately 5.8 million years.^[1]

Pseudarctos was named Schlosser in 1899 and was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988). It was the size of a large fox.^{[2][failed verification]}

Fossil distribution

Pseudarctos has been uncovered in Tung Gur China, Sandberg, Slovakia, and Malartic, a la ferme Larrieu, France.

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Genera of amphicyonids

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Carnivora
• Suborder: Amphicyonoidea
• Superfamily: Carnivora

Amphicyonidae
†Amphicyonidae Amphicyanis Angelarctocyon Brachycyon Guangxicyon Gustafsonia Harpagocyon Harpagophagus Meiniogale Paludocyon Paradaphoenus Sarcocyon Storchictis Symplectocyon Vishnucyon †Amphicyoninae Afrocyon Amphicyon Askazansoria Bonisicyon Cynelos Cynodictis Dehmicyon Goupilictis Hecubides Istiocyon Ischyrocyon Janvierocyon Maemohcyon Magericyon Mogharacyon Myacyon Namibiocyon Paludocyon Pliocyon Pseudarctos Pseudamphicyon Pseudocyon Pseudocyonopsis Tartarocyon †Daphoeninae Adilophontes Brachyrhyncocyon Daphoenictis Daphoenodon Daphoenus †Haplocyoninae Aktaucyon Gobicyon Haplocyon Haplocyonoides Haplocyonopsis †Temnocyoninae Delotrochanter Mammacyon Rudiocyon Temnocyon †Thaumastocyoninae Agnotherium Ammitocyon Crassidia Peignecyon Thaumastocyon Tomocyon Ysengrinia

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