Dinictis squalidens Cope 1873 (false sabre-tooth)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Alternative combinations: Daptophilus squalidens, Deinictis squalidens

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Third Notice Of Extinct Vertebrata From The Tertiary of the Plains. Paleontological Bulletin 16:1-8

Belongs to Dinictis according to E. D. Cope 1880

See also Bryant 1996, Cope 1873, Cope 1873, Galbreath 1953, Hay 1902, Matthew 1910, Scott and Jepsen 1936 and Thorpe 1920

Sister taxa: Dinictis cyclops, Dinictis felina

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dinictis squalidens in the database

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