Indarctos arctoides

Indarctos (Indarctos Pilgrim 1913)

 

Order: Carnivora

Family: Ursidae

Genus: †Indarctos

Dimensions: length - 2 m, height - 130 сm, weight - 70 - 320 kg

Temporal range: Micene of North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia

 

Indarctos is a genus of mammals of the bear family, Ursidae, endemic to North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia during the Miocene. It was present from ~11.1 to 5.3 Ma, existing for approximately 6.2 million years. The oldest member is from Arizona (~11.1—7.7 Ma) and youngest is (~9.0—5.3 Ma) from Kazakhstan. In North America this animal was contemporary with Plionarctos (~10.3—3.3 Ma).

Indarctos was named by Pilgrim (1913) Its type is Indarctos salmontanus. It was assigned to Agriotheriini by Chorn and Hoffman (1978); to Ursavini by Hunt (1998); and to Ursidae by Pilgrim (1913), Carroll (1988) and Salesa et al. (2006).

 

 

 

 

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