Didymictis proteus Polly 1997 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Viverravidae

Full reference: P. D. Polly. 1997. Ancestry and Species Definition in Paleontology: A Stratocladistic Analysis of Paleocene-Eocene Viverravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(1):1-53

Belongs to Didymictis according to L. B. Albright et al. 2019

See also Polly 1997

Sister taxa: Didymictis altidens, Didymictis dellensis, Didymictis leptomylus, Didymictis protenus, Didymictis vancleveae

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)

• Clarkforkian of United States (29: Colorado, Wyoming)

• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (2: South Carolina, Wyoming)

Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence

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