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Taxonomy
Arctodus was named by Leidy (1854).
It was assigned to Carnivora by Leidy (1860); to Tremarctinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Trajano and Ferrarezzi (1995) and Schubert and Kaufmann (2003); to Ursidae by Leidy (1854), Hay (1902), Schultz and Howard (1935), Carroll (1988) and Albright et al. (2019); and to Arctotheriini by Jiangzuo and Flynn (2020).
It was assigned to Carnivora by Leidy (1860); to Tremarctinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Trajano and Ferrarezzi (1995) and Schubert and Kaufmann (2003); to Ursidae by Leidy (1854), Hay (1902), Schultz and Howard (1935), Carroll (1988) and Albright et al. (2019); and to Arctotheriini by Jiangzuo and Flynn (2020).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Arctodus Leidy p. 90 |
| 1860 | Arctodus Leidy p. 115 |
| 1902 | Arctodus Hay p. 763 |
| 1916 | Dinarctotherium Barbour p. 249 |
| 1926 | Tremarctotherium Kraglievich |
| 1935 | Arctodus Schultz and Howard p. 282 |
| 1955 | Tremarctotherium Hibbard p. 51 |
| 1980 | Arctodus Kurten and Anderson p. 180 |
| 1988 | Arctodus Carroll |
| 1995 | Arctodus Trajano and Ferrarezzi p. 559 |
| 2003 | Arctodus Schubert and Kaufmann p. 104 |
| 2019 | Arctodus Albright et al. p. 175 |
| 2020 | Arctodus Jiangzuo and Flynn |
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G. †Arctodus Leidy 1854
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†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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available