Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Full reference: E. C. Galbreath. 1953. A contribution to the Tertiary geology and paleontology of northeastern Colorado. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Vertebrata 4:1-120

Parent taxon: Amphicynodontinae according to J. A. Baskin and R. H. Tedford 1996

See also Galbreath 1953 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Amphicynodon, Kolponomos, Pachycynodon, Parictis, Proplesictis, Wangictis

Subtaxa: Drassonax harpagops

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Type: Drassonax harpagops

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cedar Creek (Middle) (Oligocene of Colorado)

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