Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Alternative combination: Agriotherium schneideri
Synonym: Agriotherium coffeyi Dalquest 1986
Full reference: E. H. Sellards. 1916. Fossil vertebrates from Florida: A new Miocene fauna; new Pliocene species; the Pleistocene fauna. Florida State Geological Survey, Annual Report 8:79-119
Belongs to Huracan according to Q. Jiangzuo et al. 2023
See also Dalquest 1986, Miller and Carranza-Castaneda 1996, Samuels et al. 2009 and Sellards 1916
Sister taxa: Huracan coffeyi, Huracan gregoryi, Huracan qiui
Type specimens:
- Huracan schneideri: FGS 6856. Its type locality is American Cyanimid Company, which is in a Tortonian marginal marine sandstone in the Peace River Formation of Florida.
- Agriotherium coffeyi:
Distribution:
• Blancan of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: Idaho)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (11), United States (3: Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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