†Palaeonictis gigantea de Blainville 1842 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Alternative combination: Palaeonyctis gigantea

Synonyms: Dormaalodon woutersi Lange-Badré 1987, Oxyaena casieri Quinet 1966

Belongs to Palaeonictis according to S. G. B. Chester et al. 2010

See also Hay 1902, Sinclair and Jepsen 1929, Smith and Smith 2001 and Solé et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Palaeonictis occidentalis, Palaeonictis peloria, Palaeonictis wingi

Type specimens:

  • Palaeonictis gigantea: MNHN ARP 52. Its type locality is Muirancourt, which is in an Eocene terrestrial lignite in France.
  • Dormaalodon woutersi: IRSNB M1474, a tooth (RM/1). Its type locality is Dormaal, which is in a Ypresian fluvial sandstone in the Tienen Formation of Belgium.
  • Oxyaena casieri:

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Belgium (2 collections), France (5), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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