Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1928. A new mammalian fauna from the Fort Union of southern Montana. American Museum Novitates 297:1-15
Belongs to Thryptacodon according to P. D. Gingerich 1978
See also Hay 1930, Rose 1981, Simpson 1928, Van Valen 1978, Van Valen and Sloan 1966 and Winterfeld 1982
Sister taxa: Thryptacodon antiquus, Thryptacodon australis, Thryptacodon barae, Thryptacodon olseni, Thryptacodon orthogonius
Type specimen: A. M. No. 22176, a tooth (isolated [upper] M2 right). Its type locality is Bear Creek, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Clarkforkian of United States (6: Montana, Wyoming collections)
• Paleocene of United States (14: Wyoming)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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