Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Alternative combinations: Limnocyon protenus, Viverravus protenus
Synonyms: Didymictis curtidens Cope 1882, Viverravus curtidens Cope 1882
Belongs to Didymictis according to W. B. Scott 1892
See also Cope 1875, Cope 1882, Gunnell 1998, Hay 1902, Matthew 1909, Matthew 1937, Matthew and Granger 1915, Polly 1997 and Simpson 1937
Sister taxa: Didymictis altidens, Didymictis dellensis, Didymictis leptomylus, Didymictis proteus, Didymictis vancleveae
Type specimens:
- Didymictis protenus: Its type locality is Arroyo Blanco (Cope), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the San Jose Formation of New Mexico
- Didymictis curtidens:
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (96: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (36: Wyoming)
Total: 132 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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