Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1909. The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567
Parent taxon: Carnivoraformes according to F. Solé et al. 2016
See also Flynn 1998, Flynn and Galiano 1982, Friscia and Rasmussen 2010, Hooker 1986 and Matthew 1909
Sister taxa: Africtis, Carnivora, Dormaalocyon, Gracilocyon, Lycarion, Miacis, Neovulpavus, Palaearctonyx, Paramiacis, Procynodictis, Quercygale, Uintacyon, Vulpavus, Xinyuictis, Zodiocyon
Subtaxa: Vassacyon bowni Vassacyon prieuri Vassacyon promicrodon Vassacyon taxidiotis
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (2 collections), United States (32: Mississippi, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of France (1)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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