Synonym: Paeneprolimnocyon Guthrie 1967
Full reference: J. L. Wortman. 1901. Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum. The American Journal of Science, series 4 12:143-154
Parent taxon: Carnivoramorpha according to S. Tomiya 2011
See also Alroy 2002, Flynn 1998, Flynn and Galiano 1982, Gingerich and Deutsch 1989, Guthrie 1967, Hooker 1986, MacIntyre and Guthrie 1979, Polly et al. 2006 and Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin 2005
Sister taxa: Carnivoraformes, Dawsonicyon, Tapocyon, Viverravidae
Subtaxa: Oodectes herpestoides Oodectes jepseni Oodectes pugnax
Type: Oodectes herpestoides
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (15: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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