Kretzoiarctos
Kretzoiarctos is an extinct bear genus from the European Miocene. It consists of Kretzoiarctos beatrix, an ancestor of the extant giant panda.
| Kretzoiarctos Temporal range: Middle Miocene - Late Miocene | |
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| Right jaw and teeth of Kretzoiarctos beatrix, seen from different angles. | |
| Life reconstruction of Kretzoiarctos beatrix | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Tribe: | Ailuropodini |
| Genus: | †Kretzoiarctos Abella et al., 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Agriarctos beatrix Abella et al., 2011 | |
| Species | |
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