Gazinocyon Polly 1996 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Full reference: P. D. Polly. 1996. The skeleton of Gazinocyon vulpeculus gen. et. comb nov. and the cladistic relationships of Hyaenodontidae (Eutheria, Mammalia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(2):303-319

Parent taxon: Sinopaninae according to F. Solé 2013

See also Gunnell 1998 and Polly 1996

Sister taxa: Acarictis, Galecyon, Prototomus, Proviverroides, Pyrocyon, Sinopa, Tritemnodon

Subtaxa: Gazinocyon vulpeculus Gazinocyon whitiae

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (5: Wyoming collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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