Named By: | Pilgrim in 1913 |
Time Period: | Miocene |
Location: | Across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America |
Size: | Details unavailable |
Diet: | Omnivore |
Fossil(s): | Remains of multiple individuals |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Ursidae | |
Indarctos is a genus of mammals of the bear family, Ursidae, endemic to North America, Europe and Asia during the Miocene. It was present from ~11.1 to 5.3 Ma, existing for approximately 6.2 million years.
The oldest member is from Arizona (~11.1--7.7 Ma) and youngest is (~9.0--5.3 Ma) from Kazakhstan. In North America this animal was contemporary with Plionarctos (~10.3--3.3 Ma).