Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich and D. A. Winkler. 1985. Systematics of Paleocene Viverravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) in the Bighorn Basin and Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(4):87-128
Belongs to Protictis according to P. D. Gingerich and D. A. Winkler 1985
Sister taxa: Protictis (Bryanictis), Protictis (Protictis), Protictis (Protictoides), Protictis haydenianus, Protictis minor, Protictis paralus, Protictis simpsoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cedar Point Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (3: California, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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