Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Full reference: J. J. Eberle and J. A. Lillegraven. 1998. A new important record of earliest Cenozoic mammalian history. Rocky Mountain Geology 33(1):49-117
Belongs to Loxolophus according to J. J. Eberle and J. A. Lillegraven 1998
See also Eberle 2003
Sister taxa: Deltatherium interruptum, Loxolophus attenuatus, Loxolophus criswelli, Loxolophus grangeri, Loxolophus hyattianus, Loxolophus kimbetovius, Loxolophus pentacus, Loxolophus priscus, Loxolophus schizophrenus, Loxolophus spiekeri, Loxolophus stenognathus
Type specimen: UW 26491, a mandible (fragment of a right dentary with associated p4, m2-3, and fragments of px and m1). Its type locality is Ferris Formation (UW V-91003), which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Ferris Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (3: Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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