†Tytthaena parrisi Gingerich 1980 (creodont)
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Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1980. Tytthaena parrisi, Oldest Known Oxyaenid (Mammalia, Creodonta) from the Late Paleocene of Western North America. Journal of Paleontology 54(3):570-576
Belongs to Tytthaena according to P. D. Gingerich 1980
Sister taxon: Tytthaena lichna
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 (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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