Ailuropoda baconi
| Ailuropoda baconi Temporal range: Late Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
| Skull | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 known from cave deposits in south China, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand from the Late Pleistocene, 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 animal; however, its latest fossils have been dated to the Late Pleistocene.
A. baconi is the largest panda ancestor on record and was larger than its descendant.
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