Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Alternative combinations: Mioclaenus pentacus, Protogonodon pentacus
Synonyms: Chriacus ruetimeyerianus Cope 1888, Mioclaenus ruetimeyerianus Cope 1888, Paradoxodon ruetimeyeranus Cope 1888, Paradoxodon ruetimeyerianus Cope 1888, Paradoxodon rutimeyerianus Cope 1888, Protogonodon ruetimeyerianus Cope 1888
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1888. Synopsis of the Vertebrate Fauna of the Puerco Series. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, 16(2):298-361
Belongs to Loxolophus according to T. E. Williamson 1996
See also Archibald et al. 1987, Cifelli et al. 1995, Cope 1888, Hay 1902, Matthew 1937, Middleton 1983, Robison 1986, Scott 1892, Tomida 1981, Van Valen 1969, Van Valen 1971, Van Valen 1978 and Williamson and Lucas 1993
Sister taxa: Deltatherium interruptum, Loxolophus criswelli, Loxolophus faulkneri, Loxolophus grangeri, Loxolophus hyattianus, Loxolophus kimbetovius, Loxolophus priscus, Loxolophus schizophrenus, Loxolophus spiekeri, Loxolophus stenognathus
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (6: Montana, New Mexico, Utah collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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