†Drassonax Galbreath 1953 (bear)
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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, Pachycynodon, Parictis, Proplesictis, Wangictis
Subtaxa: Drassonax harpagops
Type: Drassonax harpagops
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cedar Creek (Middle) (Oligocene of Colorado)
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