Carcinodon antiquus Simpson 1936

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Williamson and Carr (2007) proposed that Carcinodon antiquus is a new combination.

Alternative combinations: Baioconodon antiquus, Chriacus antiquus, Oxyclaenus antiquus

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1936. Additions to the Puerco fauna, Lower Paleocene. American Museum Novitates 849

Belongs to Carcinodon according to T. Williamson and T. Carr 2007

See also Eberle and Lillegraven 1998, Simpson 1936, Van Valen 1978, Van Valen and Sloan 1965 and Williamson 1996

Sister taxa: Carcinodon aquilonius, Carcinodon olearyi, Carcinodon simplex

Type specimen: AMNH 27714, a maxilla (P3, M1-3)

Distribution: found only at Barrel Spring Arroyo (Taeniolabis Zone) (Paleocene of New Mexico)

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