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Taxonomy
Huracan was named by Jiangzuo et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Agriotheriini by Jiangzuo et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Agriotheriini by Jiangzuo et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2023 | Huracan Jiangzuo et al. |
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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. †Huracan Jiangzuo et al. 2023
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†Huracan coffeyi Jiangzuo et al. 2023
†Huracan gregoryi Frick 1926
†Huracan qiui Jiangzuo et al. 2023
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Q. Jiangzuo et al. 2023 | arge to huge ailuropodine bear, moderately hypercarnivorous in dental fea-
tures, and exhibiting substantial sexual dimorphism. Cranial condylobasal length 380–515 mm. Mandible often with premasseteric fossa. I1/I2 with large posterocentral accessory cusp and reduced posterolateral cusp; I3 and canines large and robust; anterior premolars (P1–3/p1–3) present, occasionally lost in numbers in Huracan schneideri, H. roblesi, and Huracan coffeyi; P4 with large parastyle and variably (intraspecifically) subdivided hypocone; M1 slightly trapezoi- dal in shape; M2 equals M1 in length, each with slightly developed talon; p4 with distinct anterior and posterior cingulid cusps, but lacks medial ridge; and m1 with elongate paraconid, and distinct metaconid and mesoconid |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Blancan or 10.30000 to 1.80000 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | USA (Florida) | Agriotherium schneideri (18505) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Kansas) | Agriotherium schneideri (210284) | |
| Hemphillian | Mexico (Hidalgo) | Agriotherium schneideri (212307) Agriotherium sp. (18746) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Oklahoma) | Agriotherium sp. (18304) | |
| Hemphillian | Mexico (Jalisco) | Agriotherium schneideri (18745 189788 189790) | |
| Hemphillian | Mexico (Guanajuato) | Agriotherium schneideri (18718) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Texas) | Agriotherium coffeyorum (18097) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | Mexico (Guanajuato) | Agriotherium schneideri (18713 18737 18740) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | Mexico (Chihuahua) | Agriotherium schneideri (18734 18755) | |
| Blancan | Mexico (Hidalgo) | Agriotherium schneideri (20079) | |
| Blancan | USA (Idaho) | Agriotherium schneideri (93106) |