Agriotherium
| Agriotherium | |
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| Views of skull | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
| 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 North America, Eurasia, and Africa. The earliest species, A. aecuatorialis evolved during the early Late Miocene, around 11.6 Mya. The last species, A. africanum, going extinct 2.58 Mya, during the late Pliocene.