†family Quettacyonidae Gingerich et al. 1997 (placental)
Mammalia - Procreodi - Quettacyonidae
Alternative spelling: Quettacyoninae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich, S. G. Abbas, and M. Arif. 1997. Early Eocene Quettacyon parachai (Condylarthra) from the Ghazij Formation of Baluchistan (Pakistan): oldest Cenozoic land mammal from south Asia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(4):629-637
Parent taxon: Arctocyonia according to J. G. M. Thewissen et al. 2001
See also Gingerich et al. 1997, Gingerich et al. 1998 and Gingerich et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Arctocyonidae, Prolatidens
Subtaxa: Machocyon Obashtakaia Quettacyon Sororocyon
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Pakistan (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences