Agriarctos fossil map
Where fossils of Agriarctos have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 5 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 5 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 11.63–5.333 million years ago (Tortonian to Messinian) |
| Periods | Neogene |
| Family | Ursidae |
| Named by | Kretzoi 1942 |
| Fossil records | 4 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Bulgaria |
| Rock formations | txn:41301 |
About Agriarctos
Agriarctos is an extinct genus of panda from the Middle to Late Miocene, approximately 8-18 million years ago. This genus and its type species, A. gaali, was established based on fossils from Hatvan, Hungary, while A. vighi was based on fossils from Rózsaszentmárton. Miklós Kretzoi proposed that Agriarctos was closely related to Agriotherium. The previously published Ursavus depereti was assigned to Agriarctos by Kretzoi, but now proved to be polyphyletic.
Agriarctos beatrix was published in 2011 as a new species of Agriarctos. It was later erected as a new genus Kretzoiarctos, which was named after Kretzoi.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Agriarctos (revision 1323768275), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q21356805.
