†Aphanocyon amaurus Secord 2008 (condylarth)
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Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Full reference: R. Secord. 2008. The Tiffanian Land-Mammal Age (middle and late Paleocene) in the northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 35:1-192
Belongs to Aphanocyon according to R. Secord 2008
Sister taxon: Aphanocyon codyensis
Type specimen: UM 64394, a mandible (Right dentary with p4-m1). Its type locality is Cedar Point Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution: found only at Cedar Point Quarry
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