Mammalia - Ferae - Viverravidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1875. Systematic Catalogue of Vertebrata of the Eocene of New Mexico, Collected in 1874. Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Engineer Department, U. S. Army 5-37
Parent taxon: Viverravidae according to F. Solé et al. 2014
See also Albright et al. 2019, Cope 1875, Cope 1880, Cope 1880, Flynn 1998, Flynn and Galiano 1982, Hay 1902, Matthew 1909, Matthew 1937, Matthew and Granger 1915, Polly 1997, Polly et al. 2006, Rose et al. 2012, Scott 1892, Tomiya 2011, Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin 2005, Wortman and Matthew 1899 and Zack 2012
Sister taxa: Deltatherium durini, Orientictis, Preonictis, Protictis, Simpsonictis, Variviverra, Viverravus, Viverriscus, Intyrictis, Raphictis
Subtaxa: Didymictis altidens Didymictis dellensis Didymictis leptomylus Didymictis protenus Didymictis proteus Didymictis vancleveae
Type: Bryanictis microlestes
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), United States (237: Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (80: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Cf2 of United States (2: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (12: Montana, South Carolina, Wyoming)
Total: 334 collections including 348 occurrences
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