Agriotherium is an extinct genus of bears whose fossils are found in Miocene through Pleistocene-aged strata of North America, Eurasia, and Africa. This...

al., 2023 †Agriotherium Wagner, 1837 †Agriotherium hendeyi Jiangzuo & Flynn, 2019 †Agriotherium myanmarensis Ogino et al., 2011 †Agriotherium insigne Gervais...

species of the related genus Agriotherium. Hunt (1998) had noted differences in the structure of the carnassials between Agriotherium schneideri and Old World...

and includes the genera Agriotherium and Ursavus. However in a 2014 paper published on the origins of bears, found Agriotherium to be closer to extant...

classified them as an extinct subfamily of ursids or stem-bears. The genus Agriotherium was once classified as a hemicyonine but recent work has shown the genus...

The tribe Agriotheriini consists of the three (perhaps four) genera Agriotherium Huracan Indarctos Miomaci (possibly). The taxonomy of these bears has...

protoceratids, and chalicotheres became extinct. Borophagine dogs and Agriotherium became extinct, but other carnivores including the weasel family diversified...

the procyonid Chapalmalania in South America, and both Borophagus and Agriotherium in North America, was a shared impetus for gigantism in Arctodus and...

is indicated with a dagger symbol †. Subfamily Agriotheriinae† Genus Agriotherium† A. africanum (3.6–2.5 Mya) A. gregoryi A. inexpetans (12–5.3 Mya) A...

have convergently evolved several adaptations with Arctodus simus and Agriotherium/Huracan, such as proportionally longer limbs, very large body size, short...