Alternative combination: Uintacyon vorax
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1872. Remarks on Fossils from Wyoming. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 24(3):277
Belongs to Miacis according to W. B. Scott 1892
See also Hay 1902, Leidy 1872 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 parvivorus, Miacis petilus, Miacis rundlei, Miacis vulpinus, Harpalodon sylvestris, Prodaphaenus uintensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Henry's Fork, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: arboreal insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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