Kretzoiarctos

Kretzoiarctos
Temporal range: Middle Miocene - Late Miocene
Right jaw and teeth of Kretzoiarctos beatrix, seen from different angles.
Life reconstruction of Kretzoiarctos beatrix
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • K. beatrix (Abella et al., 2011)

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