Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Alternative combinations: Aeluropus fovealis, Ailuropoda melanoleuca fovealis
Full reference: W.D. Matthew and W.T. Granger. 1923. New fossil mammals from the Pliocene of Sze-chuan, China. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 48(17):564-598
Belongs to Ailuropoda according to D. D. Davis 1964
Sister taxa: Ailuropoda baconi, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, Ailuropoda microta, Ailuropoda wulingshanensis
Type specimen: AMNH 18385, a mandible (right lower jaw with p4-m3+left m3). Its type locality is Yen-ching-kao, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (2 collections), Vietnam (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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