Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Synonyms: Euprotogonia Cope 1893, Protogonia Cope 1881
Full reference: W. B. Scott. 1892. A revision of the North American Creodonta with notes on some genera which have been referred to that group. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 44:291-323
Parent taxon: Phenacodontidae according to T. J. D. Halliday et al. 2017
See also Archibald 1998, Cope 1881, Gazin 1968, Hay 1899, Hay 1902, Kondrashov and Lucas 2012, Matthew 1937, Melville 1972, Scott 1892, Scott et al. 2013, Simpson 1935, Simpson 1937, Thewissen 1990 and West 1970
Sister taxa: Almogaver, Copecion, Eodesmatodon, Lophocion, Meniscotheriinae, Phenacodus
Subtaxa: Tetraclaenodon puercensis Tetraclaenodon septentrionalis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (48: California, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming)
Total: 50 collections each including a single occurrence
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