Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Synonym: Ziphacodon Marsh 1872
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Preliminary description of new Tertiary mammals. Part I. American Journal of Science 4(20):122-128
Parent taxon: Viverravidae according to F. Solé et al. 2014
See also Flynn 1998, Flynn and Galiano 1982, Gingerich 1987, Hay 1902, Matthew 1909, Polly 1997, Polly et al. 2006, Rose et al. 2012, Scott 1892, Simpson 1937, Thorpe 1923, Tomiya 2011, Van Valen 1966, Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin 2005, Wortman 1901 and Wortman and Matthew 1899
Sister taxa: Deltatherium durini, Didymictis, Orientictis, Preonictis, Protictis, Simpsonictis, Variviverra, Viverriscus, Intyrictis, Raphictis
Subtaxa: Viverravus acutus Viverravus gracilis Viverravus lawsoni Viverravus laytoni Viverravus lutosus Viverravus minutus Viverravus nitidus Viverravus politus Viverravus rosei Viverravus schaffi Viverravus sicarius
Type: Viverravus gracilis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), France (2), Mexico (1), Mongolia (1), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (249: Colorado, Mississippi, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (29: Montana, Wyoming)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta), China (1), United States (10: Colorado, Wyoming)
Total: 298 collections including 346 occurrences
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