Suborder Caniformia Family Ursidae Phylum Chordata Order Carnivores | Superfamily Arctoidea Rank Tribe | |
Similar Carnivores, Indarctos, Hemicyonidae, Agriotherium, Ursavus | ||
Ursavini is an extinct tribe of mammals of the family Ursidae (bears) endemic to North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia during Miocene through Pliocene, living from ~23—2.5 Ma, existing for approximately 20.5 million years.
Ursavini was assigned to Ursinae by Hunt (1998) and Jin et al. (2007) and includes the genera Agriotherium and Ursavus.
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