Parictis Scott 1893 (bear)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Synonyms: Campylocynodon Chaffee 1954, Parietis Scott 1893 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Amphicynodontinae according to R. M. Hunt 1998

See also Baskin and Tedford 1996, Carroll 1988, Chaffee 1954, Clark and Beerbower 1967, Clark and Guensburg 1972, Hay 1902, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Stucky and McKenna 1993

Sister taxa: Amphicynodon, Drassonax, Kolponomos, Pachycynodon, Proplesictis, Wangictis

Subtaxa: Parictis gilpini Parictis major Parictis montanus Parictis parvus Parictis personi Parictis primaevus Parietis princeous

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Type: Parictis primaevus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (1: Wyoming collection)

• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (17: Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences

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