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Arctotheriini

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Ursidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Arctotheriini Jiangzuo and Flynn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Ursida
superfamilyUrsoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyUrsidaeGray 1825
subfamilyUrsinaeSwainson 1835
tribeArctotheriini
tribeArctotheriini

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. †Arctotheriini Jiangzuo and Flynn 2020
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G. †Arctodus Leidy 1854
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†Arctodus pristinus Leidy 1854
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Invalid names: Ursus haplodon Cope 1896 [synonym]
†Arctodus simus Cope 1879 [giant short-faced bear]
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Invalid names: Arctotherium californicum Merriam 1911 [synonym], Arctotherium yukonense Lambe 1911 [synonym], Dinarctotherium merriami Barbour 1916 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dinarctotherium Barbour 1916 [synonym], Tremarctotherium Kraglievich 1926 [synonym]
G. †Arctotherium Bravard 1857
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†Arctotherium angustidens Gervais and Ameghino 1880
†Arctotherium tarijense Ameghino 1902
†Arctotherium wingei Ameghino 1902
G. †Plionarctos Frick 1926
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†Plionarctos edensis Frick 1926
†Plionarctos harroldorum Tedford and Martin 2001
G. Tremarctos Gervais 1855
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†Tremarctos floridanus Gidley 1928 [Florida cave bear]
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Invalid names: Tremarctos mexicanus Stock 1950 [synonym]
Tremarctos ornatus Cuvier 1825 [spectacled bear]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:31:30
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 9.40000 to 0.01400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.7 Ma

Collections (137 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Plionarctos sp. (18043)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Oregon) Plionarctos sp. (19015)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) Plionarctos edensis (19445)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Florida) Plionarctos sp. (18532 18573)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan9.4 - 1.4USA (Tennessee) Plionarctos sp. (26574)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan9.4 - 1.4USA (Indiana) Plionarctos edensis (18320)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Arizona) Plionarctos sp. (19661)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4Mexico (Sonora) Tremarctos floridanus (20322)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Washington) Plionarctos harroldorum (20063) Tremarctos floridanus (20062)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4El Salvador Arctotherium sp. (107827)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Arctodus pristinus (19746 19754)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Arctodus simus (20120) Plionarctos sp. (19743) Tremarctos floridanus (20113)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (New Mexico) Carnivora indet. (19970)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.7 - 0.21USA (Arizona) Arctodus sp. (19652)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Venezuela (Monagas) Arctotherium wingei (144977)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Arctodus pristinus (19758 20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Argentina (Buenos Aires) Arctotherium bonariense (227779)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia Arctotherium tarijense, Arctotherium wingei (142016)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia (Tarija ) Arctotherium tarijense, Arctotherium wingei (70673)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129France (Cote d'Azur) Plionarctos telonensis (49091)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Arctotherium sp. (230757)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Arctodus simus (103359)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Arctodus pristinus (20285)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Arctodus simus (86852)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Arctotherium yukonense (93370)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Arctotherium sp. (212469)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Arctodus pristinus (77590) Tremarctos floridanus (65405)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Arctotherium sp. (74480)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Ceará) Arctotherium brasiliense (107828)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Virginia) Arctodus pristinus (104698)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Bolivia Arctotherium sp. (71322)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Buenos Aires) Arctotherium angustidens (212113)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Montana) Arctodus simus (20310)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Arctodus pristinus (20537)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Nebraska) Arctodus simus (20347)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21Mexico (Aguascalientes) Arctodus simus (20283)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Arctodus pristinus (20145 20289 20299 20350 20400 20401 20403 20415 20475 20494 20524) Tremarctos floridanus (20520)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Arctodus haplodon, Arctodus pristinus, Tremarctos floridanus (20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Pennsylvania) Arctodus haplodon, Ursus haplodon (20479)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) Arctodus simus (20206) Arctodus sp. (20161 20319 20327) Tremarctos sp. (20125)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) Arctodus simus (20498)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Arctodus sp. (70704)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Haute-Garonne) Plionarctos sp. (49089)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (South Carolina) Arctodus pristinus (79921)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Plionarctos sp. (47832)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Provence) Plionarctos sp. (49090)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Arctodus sp. (71303)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Cordoba) Arctotherium sp. (197916)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Entre Ríos) Arctotherium bonariensis (203955)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (South Carolina) Tremarctos floridanus (79757)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Texas) Tremarctos floridanus (225289)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Tremarctos floridanus (20398 20491 195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Arctodus sp. (20273)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Arctodus simus (189001)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Arctotherium sp. (212361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Utah) Arctodus simus (74478 74479)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Arctotherium sp. (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (San Luis Potosi) Arctodus sp. (71277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Arctodus simus (103358 104758 105549)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Arctodus sp. (93281) Tremarctotherium sp. (93141)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile Arctotherium sp. (225572)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Arctodus floridanus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Saskatchewan) Arctodus simus (20590)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Arctodus simus (93181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Dakota) Arctodus simus (93333)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Catamarca) Arctotherium sp. (216694)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Indiana) Arctodus simus (93371)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Tremarctos mexicanus (71345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Arctodus simus (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tremarctos floridanus (20573 20593 20636 20650)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Arctodus simus (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Arctotherium bonaerense (71335) Arctotherium brasiliense, Arctodus brasiliensis (71334)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Arctodus simus (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santiago del Estero) Arctotherium sp. (191153)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Chile (Magallanes) Pararctotherium sp. (141367)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Arctodus sp., Tremarctos floridanus (154773) Tremarctos floridanus (74292 154804 154805 154936)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Tremarctos floridanus (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tremarctos floridanus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Falcon) Arctotherium sp. (71283) Arctotherium wingei (145376)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Arctodus simus (93334)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Nevada) Arctodus simus (93278 93279)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Tremarctotherium simum (37788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Arctodus pristinus (79922 79923) Tremarctos floridanus (79920)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Arctodus simus (76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Arctodus simus (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Arctodus simus (63588)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Arctodus simus (230753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Arctotherium simum (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Arctodus simus (93341)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Venezuela (Monagas) Arctotherium wingei (145377)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Mississippi) Arctodus simus (93347) Tremarctos floridanus (93344 93345 93346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Arctotherium sp. (191127)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Arctotherium brasiliense (71313)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte) Arctotherium sp. (148309)