Arctoidea

Arctoidea is an infraorder of mostly carnivorous mammals which include the extinct Hemicyonidae (dog-bears), and the extant Musteloidea, Pinnipedia, and Ursidae (bears), found in all continents from the Eocene, 46 million years ago, to the present. The oldest group of the clade is the bears, as their CMAH gene is still intact. The gene became non-functional in the common ancestor of the Mustelida. Arctoids are caniforms, along with dogs (canids) and extinct bear dogs (Amphicyonidae). The earliest caniforms were superficially similar to martens, which are tree-dwelling mustelids. Together with feliforms, caniforms compose the order Carnivora; sometimes Arctoidea can be considered a separate suborder from Caniformia and a sister taxon to Feliformia.

Arctoidea

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CanoideaPBDB
Diet
carnivore, omnivorePBDB, for Carnivora
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Carnivora
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 37 million years on record.

The record covers at least 37.71 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 41.03 Mya to 0 Mya.

Eocene — about 32 of 5215 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 123 of 5215 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 1615 of 5215 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 598 of 5215 occurrencesPleistocene — about 1910 of 5215 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences40–39 Mya — about 1 occurrence39–38 Mya — about 1 occurrence38–36 Mya — about 7 occurrences36–35 Mya — about 13 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 14 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 15 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 13 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 12 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 13 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 16 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 18 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 20 occurrences24–22 Mya — about 36 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 40 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 47 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 60 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 83 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 132 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 149 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 182 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 187 occurrences11–9.8 Mya — about 146 occurrences9.8–8.4 Mya — about 160 occurrences8.4–7.0 Mya — about 180 occurrences7.0–5.6 Mya — about 188 occurrences5.6–4.2 Mya — about 261 occurrences4.2–2.8 Mya — about 322 occurrences2.8–1.4 Mya — about 464 occurrences1.4–0 Mya — about 2432 occurrences37.71 Mya11.7 ka41.9 Mya0 Mya

5,215 occurrences of Arctoidea on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

5,215 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

492 formations

Glenns Ferry — 43.60°N, 116.80°WGlenns Ferry — 43.00°N, 115.70°WGlenns Ferry — 42.80°N, 114.90°WGlenns Ferry — 43.00°N, 118.00°WMonterey — 33.77°N, 118.34°WMonterey — 33.60°N, 117.70°WMonterey — 34.60°N, 120.44°WMonterey — 33.60°N, 117.33°WMonterey — 33.78°N, 118.39°WMonterey — 33.64°N, 117.63°WValentine — 42.70°N, 100.00°WValentine — 42.49°N, 98.11°WValentine — 42.80°N, 100.80°WValentine — 42.80°N, 99.70°WValentine — 42.81°N, 100.05°WValentine — 40.02°N, 98.53°WValentine — 42.78°N, 100.03°WValentine — 42.60°N, 98.00°WValentine — 43.30°N, 100.65°WYorktown — 35.36°N, 76.82°WYorktown — 37.24°N, 76.51°WYorktown — 37.03°N, 76.63°WYorktown — 37.20°N, 76.90°WYorktown — 36.77°N, 76.37°WYorktown — 37.22°N, 76.96°WYorktown — 36.45°N, 77.09°WYorktown — 36.33°N, 77.58°WYorktown — 35.93°N, 77.57°WYorktown — 35.91°N, 77.32°WYorktown — 35.60°N, 77.37°WYorktown — 35.38°N, 77.99°WYorktown — 35.10°N, 77.03°WYorktown — 35.63°N, 77.34°WYorktown — 34.36°N, 77.87°WYorktown — 34.97°N, 76.81°WYorktown — 37.04°N, 76.36°WYorktown — 36.45°N, 77.08°WCalvert — 39.20°N, 75.60°WCalvert — 37.53°N, 77.42°WCalvert — 37.93°N, 77.51°WCalvert — 38.40°N, 76.50°WCalvert — 37.67°N, 77.16°WCalvert — 38.53°N, 76.52°WCalvert — 38.17°N, 76.87°WCalvert — 38.61°N, 76.52°WCalvert — 38.67°N, 76.53°WCalvert — 38.17°N, 76.85°WCalvert — 38.38°N, 76.99°WCalvert — 37.77°N, 77.28°WVarswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°EVarswater — 33.00°S, 18.00°EVarswater — 33.67°S, 18.43°EPisco — 15.58°S, 74.72°WPisco — 15.44°S, 74.87°WPisco — 15.55°S, 74.80°WPisco — 14.56°S, 75.67°WPisco — 15.50°S, 74.80°WPisco — 14.34°S, 75.91°WPisco — 14.45°S, 75.75°WPisco — 15.07°S, 75.01°WPisco — 15.06°S, 74.08°WPurisima — 36.95°N, 122.04°WPurisima — 37.47°N, 122.45°WPurisima — 36.97°N, 121.95°WPurisima — 38.06°N, 122.97°WPurisima — 37.53°N, 122.52°WPurisima — 37.29°N, 122.41°WPurisima — 36.95°N, 122.05°WPeace River — 27.90°N, 81.80°WPeace River — 27.68°N, 81.95°WPeace River — 27.76°N, 81.83°WPeace River — 27.81°N, 81.91°WSanta Margarita — 37.08°N, 122.07°WSanta Margarita — 37.05°N, 122.04°WSanta Margarita — 37.00°N, 122.00°WSanta Margarita — 35.13°N, 118.82°WSanta Margarita — 36.97°N, 122.06°WSanta Margarita — 36.80°N, 121.79°WSanta Margarita — 36.61°N, 121.74°WBahía Inglesa — 27.14°S, 70.88°WBahía Inglesa — 27.13°S, 70.83°WBahía Inglesa — 27.04°S, 70.79°WBahía Inglesa — 27.16°S, 70.89°WBahía Inglesa — 27.72°S, 70.99°WAsh Hollow — 42.70°N, 100.00°WAsh Hollow — 42.80°N, 100.80°WAsh Hollow — 40.50°N, 100.50°WAsh Hollow — 43.20°N, 100.70°WAsh Hollow — 41.30°N, 101.89°WAsh Hollow — 41.40°N, 102.40°WAsh Hollow — 42.80°N, 99.70°WAsh Hollow — 41.20°N, 98.80°WAsh Hollow — 42.68°N, 102.68°WAsh Hollow — 42.30°N, 98.00°WPalos Verdes Sand — 34.00°N, 118.20°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.60°N, 117.80°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.83°N, 118.31°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.78°N, 118.19°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.75°N, 118.28°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.66°N, 117.90°WRexroad — 37.10°N, 100.90°WRexroad — 37.20°N, 100.30°WRexroad — 37.13°N, 100.48°WCromer Forest Bed — 52.46°N, 1.73°ECromer Forest Bed — 52.94°N, 1.25°ECromer Forest Bed — 52.91°N, 1.36°ECromer Forest Bed — 52.93°N, 1.30°ETemblor — 36.10°N, 120.40°WTemblor — 35.30°N, 118.50°WTemblor — 35.46°N, 118.92°WTemblor — 37.73°N, 122.13°WTemblor — 36.54°N, 120.55°WPalm Spring — 32.90°N, 117.10°WAlachua — 29.55°N, 82.52°WAlachua — 29.65°N, 82.60°WAlachua — 29.10°N, 82.30°WAlachua — 29.70°N, 82.60°WStudienka — 48.20°N, 17.98°EStudienka — 48.20°N, 17.00°EAstoria — 44.70°N, 124.06°WAstoria — 44.65°N, 124.06°WAstoria — 46.28°N, 123.78°WChadron — 43.60°N, 102.45°WChadron — 43.30°N, 102.50°WChadron — 43.00°N, 104.50°WChadron — 42.40°N, 103.80°WChadron — 42.00°N, 104.20°WChadron — 42.75°N, 103.65°WTamiami — 27.37°N, 82.45°WTamiami — 27.30°N, 80.80°WTamiami — 27.78°N, 82.68°WTamiami — 27.34°N, 82.51°WTamiami — 27.70°N, 82.50°WTamiami — 27.50°N, 82.50°WTamiami — 27.08°N, 82.45°WTamiami — 26.98°N, 82.21°WTamiami — 26.95°N, 82.35°WBermont — 28.80°N, 82.20°WBermont — 27.70°N, 82.50°WBermont — 27.00°N, 82.20°WBermont — 26.90°N, 82.00°WHsanda Gol — 45.25°N, 101.62°EHsanda Gol — 45.30°N, 101.62°EHsanda Gol — 45.27°N, 101.77°EHsanda Gol — 45.30°N, 101.65°EHsanda Gol — 45.39°N, 101.24°EHsanda Gol — 45.45°N, 101.37°EHsanda Gol — 45.30°N, 102.08°E

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The named rock units Arctoidea has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 468 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 3,390 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Arctoidea and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Arctoidea and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

2,272 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,113 sites for Arctoidea, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

1,536 references

Each of the 5,215 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 1,524 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Arctoidea

Credit
derivative work: user:The Explaner
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
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No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Flower 1869)