Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Synonyms: Metachriacus Simpson 1935, Spanoxyodon Simpson 1935, Tricentes Cope 1884
Parent taxon: Arctocyonidae according to T. J. D. Halliday et al. 2017
See also Alroy 2002, Archibald 1998, Archibald et al. 1987, Cope 1884, Gazin 1969, Hartman 1986, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rose et al. 2012, Scott 1892, Scott et al. 2013, Simpson 1935, Tabuce et al. 2011, Van Valen 1978, Van Valen and Sloan 1965, Williamson 1996, Williamson and Lucas 1993 and Winterfeld 1982
Sister taxa: Anacodon, Aphanocyon, Arctocyon, Arctocyonides, Arctocyoninae, Baioconodon, Carcinodon, Claenodon, Colpoclaenus, Deuterogonodon, Heteroborus, Hyodectes, Karakia, Lambertocyon, Landenodon, Loxolophinae, Loxolophus, Maiorana, Mentoclaenodon, Mimatuta, Mimotricentes, Oxyclaenus, Oxyprimus, Oxytomodon, Paratriisodon, Princetonia, Protungulatum, Sigynorum, Thryptacodon
Subtaxa: Chriacus badgleyi Chriacus baldwini Chriacus calenancus Chriacus gallinae Chriacus katrinae Chriacus metocometi Chriacus oconostotae Chriacus pelvidens Chriacus punitor Chriacus truncatus Tricentes subtrigonus
Type: Lipodectes pelvidens
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (52: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (11: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Cf2 of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (8: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (63: Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 135 collections including 165 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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