Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1915. A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River faunas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34(1):1-103
Parent taxon: Arctocyonidae according to T. J. D. Halliday et al. 2017
See also Archibald 1998, Hay 1930, Matthew and Granger 1915, McKenna and Bell 1997, Scott et al. 2002 and Simpson 1928
Sister taxa: Anacodon, Aphanocyon, Arctocyon, Arctocyonides, Arctocyoninae, Baioconodon, Carcinodon, Chriacus, Claenodon, Colpoclaenus, Deuterogonodon, Heteroborus, Hyodectes, Karakia, Lambertocyon, Landenodon, Loxolophinae, Loxolophus, Maiorana, Mentoclaenodon, Mimatuta, Mimotricentes, Oxyclaenus, Oxyprimus, Oxytomodon, Paratriisodon, Princetonia, Protungulatum, Sigynorum
Subtaxa: Thryptacodon antiquus Thryptacodon australis Thryptacodon barae Thryptacodon olseni Thryptacodon orthogonius Thryptacodon pseudarctos
Type: Thryptacodon antiquus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (78: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (27: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (3: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (54: California, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 162 collections including 169 occurrences
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