Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1871. Notice of some new fossil mammals and birds from the Tertiary formation of the West. American Journal of Science 2(8):120-127
Parent taxon: Carnivoraformes according to F. Solé et al. 2014
See also Alroy 2002, Flynn 1998, Flynn and Galiano 1982, Hay 1902, Hooker 1986, Polly et al. 2006, Scott 1892, Silcox et al. 2010, Tomiya 2011 and Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin 2005
Sister taxa: Africtis, Carnivora, Dormaalocyon, Gracilocyon, Lycarion, Miacis, Neovulpavus, Palaearctonyx, Paramiacis, Procynodictis, Quercygale, Uintacyon, Vassacyon, Xinyuictis, Zodiocyon
Subtaxa: Vulpavus (Phlaodectes) Vulpavus australis Vulpavus canavus Vulpavus completus Vulpavus farsonensis Vulpavus hargeri Vulpavus ovatus Vulpavus palustris Vulpavus profectus
Type: Vulpavus palustris
Ecology: arboreal insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), United States (93: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming)
Total: 94 collections including 114 occurrences
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