†Proarctotherium Ameghino 1904 (bear)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 318370
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142
Parent taxon: Ursidae according to F. Ameghino 1904
Sister taxa: Agriotheriinae, Ailuropodinae, Amphicynodontinae, Harpaleocyon, Hemicyon, Hemicyoninae, Metarctos, Myadina, Phoberocyoninae, Subparictidae, Taxina, Thaumastocyon, Tremarctinae, Ursinae, Ursulus, Zaragocyon
Subtaxa: Proarctotherium vetustum
Type: Arctotherium vetustum
Ecology: scansorial insectivore