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Pseudarctos

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Taxonomy
Pseudarctos was named by Schlosser (1899). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988); to Amphicyoninae by Peigné et al. (2008); and to Pseudarctini by Morales et al. (2021).

Species
P. bavaricus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Pseudarctos Schlosser
1988Pseudarctos Carroll
2008Pseudarctos Peigné et al.
2021Pseudarctos Morales et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
familyAmphicyonidaeHaeckel 1886
subfamilyAmphicyoninaeTrouessart 1885
tribePseudarctini
genusPseudarctosSchlosser 1899

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.

G. †Pseudarctos Schlosser 1899
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†Pseudarctos bavaricus Schlosser 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:52:56
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:52:56
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hunt 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Serravallian or 16.90000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France P. sp. (200296)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France P. bavaricus (187580)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97France P. bavaricus (142146)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Alsac) P. sp. (69106)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrénées) P. bavaricus (71873)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Maine-et-Loire) P. bavaricus (148396)
MN 515.97 - 13.65France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) P. bavaricus (32072)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) P. bavaricus (32191)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) P. bavaricus (142149)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) P. bavaricus (31776)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) P. sp. (28781)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Slovakia P. bavaricus (69712)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) P. bavaricus (49421)