Uintacyon hookeri Solé 2014 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: F. Solé. 2014. New carnivoraforms from the early Eocene of Europe and their bearing on the evolution of the Carnivoraformes. Palaeontology 57(5):963-978

Belongs to Uintacyon according to F. Solé 2014

Sister taxa: Uintacyon acutus, Uintacyon asodes, Uintacyon gingerichi, Uintacyon jugulans, Uintacyon massetericus, Uintacyon rudis

Type specimen: MNHN.F.Cui14837, a mandible (Right mandible with M1and alve-oli of P3and P4, and posterior alveolus for P2). Its type locality is Carrière de Cuis, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in France.

Ecology: arboreal carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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