Claim: Ailurarctos (oldest known member of the Ursidae family) is an extinct genus of panda from the Late Miocene of China, and is under the Carnivora order and Mammalia class.
Evidence: Ailurarctos ("cat bear") is an extinct genus of panda from the Late Miocene of China, some 8 million years ago, and is the oldest known member of the ursid subfamily Ailuropodinae.