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Taxonomy
Plionarctos was named by Frick (1926).
It was assigned to Ursidae by Frick (1926) and Carroll (1988); to Tremarctini by Hunt (1998); to Tremarctinae by Tedford and Martin (2001); and to Arctotheriini by Jiangzuo and Flynn (2020).
It was assigned to Ursidae by Frick (1926) and Carroll (1988); to Tremarctini by Hunt (1998); to Tremarctinae by Tedford and Martin (2001); and to Arctotheriini by Jiangzuo and Flynn (2020).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1926 | Plionarctos Frick |
| 1988 | Plionarctos Carroll |
| 1998 | Plionarctos Hunt, Jr. p. 184 |
| 2001 | Plionarctos Tedford and Martin p. 311 |
| 2020 | Plionarctos Jiangzuo and Flynn |
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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. †Plionarctos Frick 1926
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†Plionarctos edensis Frick 1926
†Plionarctos harroldorum Tedford and Martin 2001
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available