Quettacyon Gingerich et al. 1997 (placental)

Mammalia - Procreodi - Quettacyonidae

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

See also Gingerich et al. 1997 and Thewissen et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Machocyon, Obashtakaia, Sororocyon

Subtaxa: Quettacyon parachai

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Pakistan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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