Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Alternative spelling: Didymictis (Protictis)
Parent taxon: Viverravidae according to F. Solé et al. 2014
See also Flynn 1998, Flynn and Galiano 1982, MacIntyre 1966, Meehan and Wilson 2002 and Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin 2005
Sister taxa: Deltatherium durini, Didymictis, Orientictis, Preonictis, Simpsonictis, Variviverra, Viverravus, Viverriscus, Intyrictis, Raphictis
Subtaxa: Protictis (Bryanictis) Protictis (Protictis) Protictis (Protictoides) Protictis agastor Protictis haydenianus Protictis minor Protictis paralus Protictis simpsoni
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
• Paleocene of Canada (7: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (52: California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 61 collections including 67 occurrences
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