Agriarctos
Appearance
Agriarctos Temporal range: Middle to LateMiocene
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Teeth of?Ag. nikolovi: A, NMNHS FM3546-b, upper canine in labial and lingual views; B, NMNHS FM3546-a, P4 in buccal, occlusal, and lingual views. | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Ursidae |
Tribe: | Ailuropodini |
Genus: | †Agriarctos Kretzoi,1942 |
Type species | |
†A. gaali Kretzoi,1942
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Agriarctosis an extinctgenusofpandafrom the Middle to LateMiocene,approximately 8-18million years ago.This genus and itstype speciesA. gaaliwas established based on fossils fromHatvan,Hungary,andA. vighibased on fossils fromRózsaszentmárton.Miklós KretzoiproposedAgriarctoswas closely related withAgriotherium.Previously published,Ursavus deperetiwas assigned toAgriarctosby Kretzoi, but now proved to bepolyphyletic.[1][2]
Agriarctos beatrixwas published in 2011 as a new species ofAgriarctos.[3]It was later erected as a new genusKretzoiarctos,which was named after Kretzoi.[4]
References
[edit]- ^Kretzoi, M. (1942)."Zwei neue Agriotheriiden aus dem ungarischen Pannon".Földtani Közlöny.72:350–353.
- ^Jiangzuo, Qigao; Spassov, Nikolai (2022-07-31)."A late Turolian giant panda from Bulgaria and the early evolution and dispersal of the panda lineage"(PDF).Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.42(1): e2054718.Bibcode:2022JVPal..42E4718J.doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.2054718.ISSN0272-4634.S2CID251241607.
- ^Abella, J.; Montoya, P.; Morales, J. (2011)."A New Species of Agriarctos (Ailuropodinae, Ursidae, Carnivora) in the Locality of Nombrevilla 2 (Zaragoza, Spain)".Estudios Geológicos.67(2): 187–191.doi:10.3989/egeol.40714.182.
- ^Abella, Juan; Alba, David M.; Robles, Josep M.; Valenciano, Alberto; Rotgers, Cheyenne; Carmona, Raül; Morales, Jorge; Montoya, Plinio (2012)."Kretzoiarctos Gen. Nov., the Oldest Member of the Giant Panda Clade".PLOS ONE.7(11): 1–5.Bibcode:2012PLoSO...748985A.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048985.PMC3498366.PMID23155439.