Definition of Agriotherium. Meaning of Agriotherium. Synonyms of Agriotherium

- Agriotherium is an extinct genus of bears whose fossils are found in Miocene through Pleistocene-aged strata of North America, Eurasia, and Africa. This...
- †Agriotheriini Kretzoi, 1929 †Agriotherium Wagner, 1837 †Agriotherium africanum Hendey, 1972 †Agriotherium gregoryi Frick, 1926 †Agriotherium hendeyi Jiangzuo &...
- species of the related genus Agriotherium. Hunt (1998) had noted differences in the structure of the carn****ials 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...
- The tribe Agriotheriini consists of the three (perhaps four) genera Agriotherium Huracan Indarctos Miomaci (possibly). The taxonomy of these bears has...
- 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...
- 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...
- machairodont cat Nimravides, the dogs Epicyon and Borophagus, and the bear Agriotherium. During the following stage, the Hemphillian, Barbourofelis fricki shared...
- have convergently evolved several adaptations with Arctodus simus and Agriotherium/Huracan, such as proportionally longer limbs, very large body size, short...
- protoceratids, and chalicotheres became extinct. Borophagine dogs and Agriotherium became extinct, but other carnivores including the weasel family diversified...