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
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Kretzoiarctos is an extinct bear genus from the European Miocene. It consists of Kretzoiarctos beatrix, an ancestor of the extant giant panda.