Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Williamson and Carr (2007) proposed that Carcinodon antiquus is a new combination.
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Alternative combinations: Baioconodon antiquus, Chriacus antiquus, Oxyclaenus antiquus
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1936. Additions to the Puerco fauna, Lower Paleocene. American Museum Novitates 849
Belongs to Carcinodon according to T. Williamson and T. Carr 2007
See also Eberle and Lillegraven 1998, Simpson 1936, Van Valen 1978, Van Valen and Sloan 1965 and Williamson 1996
Sister taxa: Carcinodon aquilonius, Carcinodon olearyi, Carcinodon simplex
Type specimen: AMNH 27714, a maxilla (P3, M1-3)
Distribution: found only at Barrel Spring Arroyo (Taeniolabis Zone) (Paleocene of New Mexico)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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