{{Short description|Extinct genus of carnivores}} {{speciesbox |fossil_range = {{Fossilrange|16.9|11.1}}Middle Miocene | image = | image_caption = |genus = Pseudarctos |parent_authority = Schlosser, 1899 |species = bavaricus |authority = Schlosser, 1899 }}
'''''Pseudarctos''''' is a member of the extinct family Amphicyonidae of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, which inhabited Eurasia in the Middle Miocene subepoch 16.9—11.1 Ma, existing for approximately {{Mya|16.9-11.1|million years}}.<ref>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41293 Paleobiology Database: ''Pseudarctos'', age range and collections]</ref>
''Pseudarctos'' was named Schlosser in 1899 and was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988). It was the size of a large fox.<ref>[http://palaeo-electronica.org/2005_1/wang6/system2.htm Systematic Paleontology]</ref>{{failed verification|date=November 2017}}
==Fossil distribution== ''Pseudarctos'' has been uncovered in Tung Gur China, Sandberg, Slovakia, and Malartic, a la ferme Larrieu, France.
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Category:Amphicyonidae Category:Miocene carnivorans Category:Tortonian extinctions Category:Cenozoic mammals of Asia Category:Cenozoic mammals of Europe Category:Burdigalian first appearances Category:Monotypic prehistoric carnivoran genera
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