Plionarctos
| Plionarctos Temporal range: Late Miocene - Late Pliocene
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| Plionarctos jawbone from the Rattlesnake Formation, Oregon. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Subfamily: | Tremarctinae |
| Genus: | †Plionarctos Frick, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| †Plionarctos edensis Frick, 1926
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| Species | |
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†P. edensis Frick, 1926 | |
Plionarctos is an extinct genus of short-faced bear endemic to North America from the Late Miocene to the Pliocene.