Indarctos Temporal range: Miocene,
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I. atticus skull | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Ursidae |
Tribe: | †Agriotheriini |
Genus: | †Indarctos Pilgrim, 1913 |
Type species | |
†Indarctos salmontanus Pilgrim, 1913
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Species | |
†I. punjabiensis (Lydekker, 1884) |
Indarctos is an extinct genus of bear, 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).