Sororocyon Gingerich et al. 1998 (placental)

Mammalia - Procreodi - Quettacyonidae

Full reference: P. D. Gingerich, M. Arif, I. Hussain and S. G. Abbas. 1998. First early Eocene land mammals from the Upper Ghazij Formation of the Sor Range, Balochistan. Siwaliks of South Asia

Parent taxon: Quettacyonidae according to P. D. Gingerich et al. 1999

See also Gingerich et al. 1998 and Thewissen et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Machocyon, Obashtakaia, Quettacyon

Subtaxa: Sororocyon usmanii

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at GH-5 (Eocene of Pakistan)

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