Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Synonyms: Campylocynodon Chaffee 1954, Parietis Scott 1893 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Amphicynodontinae according to R. M. Hunt 1998
See also Baskin and Tedford 1996, Carroll 1988, Chaffee 1954, Clark and Beerbower 1967, Clark and Guensburg 1972, Hay 1902, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Stucky and McKenna 1993
Sister taxa: Amphicynodon, Drassonax, Pachycynodon, Proplesictis, Wangictis
Subtaxa: Parictis gilpini Parictis major Parictis montanus Parictis parvus Parictis personi Parictis primaevus Parietis princeous
Type: Parictis primaevus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (17: Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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