Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Parent taxon: Ailuropodinae according to Q. Jiangzuo et al. 2023
See also Chorn and Hoffman 1978
Sister taxa: Agriarctos, Ailurarctos, Ailuropoda, Indarctini, Kretzoiarctos
Subtaxa: Agriotherium Huracan Indarctos
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: Idaho)
• Pliocene of Bulgaria (1), China (1), Ethiopia (1), Greece (1), Libya (1), Poland (1), South Africa (3), Ukraine (1)
• Turolian of China (5), Kazakhstan (1), Spain (1)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (11), United States (28: Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), South Africa (1), Uganda (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), China (2), Greece (1), Libya (2), Moldova (1), Türkiye (3), United States (4: Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 75 collections including 78 occurrences