Agriotherium
| Agriotherium | |
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| Cranium of A. sivalensis in different views | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Tribe: | †Agriotheriini |
| Genus: | †Agriotherium Wagner, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| †Ursus sivalensis (= †Agriotherium sivalensis) Falconer & Cautley, 1836
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| Species | |
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†A. myanmarensis (Ogino et al., 2011) | |
Agriotherium is an extinct genus of bears whose fossils are found in Miocene through Pleistocene-aged strata of Eurasia and Africa. The earliest species, A. inexpetans, evolved during the Late Miocene, around 7.6 Mya. The latest record for the genus was around 1.8 Mya, during the Early Pleistocene.