†Proarctotherium Ameghino 1904 (bear)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
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: Ursidae according to F. Ameghino 1904
Sister taxa: Agriotheriinae, Ailuropodinae, Amphicynodontinae, Eoarctos, Harpaleocyon, Hemicyoninae, Metarctos, Myadina, Phoberocyoninae, Taxina, Tremarctinae, Ursinae, Ursulus
Subtaxa: Proarctotherium vetustum
Type: Arctotherium vetustum
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Proarctotherium in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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