Named By: | Schlosser in 1899 |
Time Period: | 16.9-11.1 Ma Early Oligocene-Early Miocene |
Location: | Across Eurasia |
Size: | Unavailable |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Many specimens |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Caniformia | Amphicyonidae | |
Pseudarctos is a member of the extinct family Amphicyonidae of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, which inhabited Eurasia from the Early Miocene subepoch to the Miocene epoch 16.9--11.1 Ma, existing for approximately 5.8 million years.
Pseudarctos was named Schlosser in 1899 and was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988). It was the size of a large fox.