Thinocyon Marsh 1872 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Preliminary description of new Tertiary mammals. Part II. American Journal of Science 4(21):202-224

Parent taxon: Limnocyoninae according to M. R. Borths et al. 2016

See also Gazin 1976, Gunnell 1998, Hay 1902, Matthew 1909, Morlo et al. 2000, Morlo and Gunnell 2005, Scott 1892, Solé 2013, Van Valen 1967 and Wortman 1902

Sister taxa: Iridodon, Limnocyon, Limnocyonini, Machaeroidini, Oxyaenodon, Prolaena, Prolimnocyon

Subtaxa: Thinocyon sichowensis Thinocyon velox

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of China (1 collection), United States (22: Wyoming)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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