Ailuropoda baconi

Ailuropoda baconi Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Ursidae
Genus:	Ailuropoda
Species:	A. baconi
Binomial name
Ailuropoda baconi (Woodward 1915)

Ailuropoda baconi is an extinct panda that appears in the fossil record 750 thousand years ago, and was preceded by A. wulingshanensis and A. microta as an ancestor of the giant panda, A. melanoleuca. Very little is known about this creature, however its latest fossils have been dated to the .

A. baconi is the largest panda ancestor on record and probably was similar in physical structure to its descendant, the panda.

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