Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1980. Tytthaena parrisi, Oldest Known Oxyaenid (Mammalia, Creodonta) from the Late Paleocene of Western North America. Journal of Paleontology 54(3):570-576
Parent taxon: Oxyaenidae according to G. F. Gunnell 1998
See also Gingerich 1980
Sister taxa: Dipsalidictis, Dipsalodon, Dormaalodon, Galethylax, Machaeroides, Machaeroidinae, Oxyaeninae, Palaeonictinae, Sarkastodon
Subtaxa: Tytthaena lichna Tytthaena parrisi
Type: Tytthaena parrisi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Clarkforkian of United States (4: Wyoming collections)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Wyoming)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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