Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Alternative spelling: Pararctotherium

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142

Parent taxon: Arctotherium according to E. Trajano and H. Ferrarezzi 1995

See also Ameghino 1904 and Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Arctotherium (Arctotherium), Arctotherium angustidens, Arctotherium brasiliensis, Arctotherium tarijense, Arctotherium wingei

Subtaxa: Arctotherium (Pararctotherium) brasiliense Arctotherium (Pararctotherium) enectum Arctotherium (Pararctotherium) pamparum

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Type: Pararctotherium enectum

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore

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