Intyrictis vanvaleni MacIntyre 1966 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Viverravidae

Alternative combinations: Bryanictis vanvaleni, Protictis vanvaleni

Full reference: G. T. MacIntyre. 1966. The Miacidae (Mammalia, Carnivora). Part 1, The systematics of Ictidopappus and Protictis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 131(2):115-210

Belongs to Intyrictis according to Meehan and Wilson 2002

See also Flynn and Galiano 1982, Gingerich and Winkler 1985, MacIntyre 1966, Rigby 1980, Secord 1998, Williamson 1996 and Williamson and Lucas 1993

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is East Flank Torreon Wash (Upper), which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (6: Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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