Alternative combination: Miacis uintensis
Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1895. Fossil mammals of the Uinta Basin. Expedition of 1894. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 7(2):71-105
Belongs to Prodaphaenus according to A. R. Friscia and D. T. Rasmussen 2010
See also Hay 1902, Matthew 1909, Osborn 1895, Stock 1934 and Thorpe 1923
Sister taxa: Miacis bathygnathus, Miacis boqinghensis, Miacis deutschi, Miacis edax, Miacis exiguus, Miacis gracilis, Miacis hookwayi, Miacis invictus, Miacis latidens, Miacis lushiensis, Miacis parvivorus, Miacis petilus, Miacis rundlei, Miacis vorax, Miacis vulpinus, Harpalodon sylvestris
Type specimen: AMNH 1896, a mandible. Its type locality is Wagonhound Canyon (Uinta B2), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.
Ecology: arboreal insectivore
Distribution: found only at Wagonhound Canyon (Uinta B2)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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