Miacis parvivorus Cope 1872 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Alternative combinations: Viverravus parvivorus, Vulpavus parvivorus

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. Third account of new Vertebrata from the Bridger Eocene of Wyoming Valley. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (separate) 1-4

Belongs to Miacis according to A. R. Friscia and D. T. Rasmussen 2010

See also Cope 1871, Cope 1872, Cope 1873, Flynn and Galiano 1982, Hay 1902, Matthew 1909, Matthew 1937, Scott 1892 and Wortman and Matthew 1899

Sister taxa: Miacis bathygnathus, Miacis boqinghensis, Miacis deutschi, Miacis edax, Miacis exiguus, Miacis gracilis, Miacis hookwayi, Miacis invictus, Miacis latidens, Miacis lushiensis, Miacis petilus, Miacis rundlei, Miacis vorax, Miacis vulpinus, Prodaphaenus uintensis, Harpalodon sylvestris

Type specimen: Its type locality is Black's Fork, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: arboreal insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (11: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming collections)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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