Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae
Full reference: W. B. Scott. 1892. A revision of the North American Creodonta with notes on some genera which have been referred to that group. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 44:291-323
Parent taxon: Pantolestidae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Hay 1902, McKenna and Bell 1997, Scott 1892, Van Valen 1967 and Zack et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Aatotomus, Androconus, Bessoecetor, Bogdia, Buxolestes, Dyspterninae, Leptonysson, Pagonomus, Palaeosinopa, Pantolestes, Pantolestinae, Pantomimus, Premontrelestes, Propalaeosinopa, Thelysia
Subtaxa: Pentacodon inversus Pentacodon occultus
Type: Chriacus inversus
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-durophage
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (9: New Mexico, Wyoming collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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