Machocyon abbasi Gingerich et al. 1999 (placental)

Mammalia - Procreodi - Quettacyonidae

Full reference: P. D. Gingerich, M. Arif, I. H. Khan, W. C. Clyde, and J. I. Bloch. 1999. Machocyon abbasi, a new early Eocene quettacynoid (Mammalia, Condylarthra). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, The University of Michigan 30(9):233-250

Belongs to Machocyon according to P. D. Gingerich et al. 1999

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSP-UM 4208, a mandible. Its type locality is Pundelgoat, Gishtari area of Mach coal field, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial coal in the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Pakistan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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