Mammalia - Ferae - Viverravidae
Alternative combinations: Bryanictis vanvaleni, Protictis vanvaleni
Full reference: G. T. MacIntyre. 1966. The Miacidae (Mammalia, Carnivora). Part 1, The systematics of Ictidopappus and Protictis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 131(2):115-210
Belongs to Intyrictis according to Meehan and Wilson 2002
See also Flynn and Galiano 1982, Gingerich and Winkler 1985, MacIntyre 1966, Rigby 1980, Secord 1998, Williamson 1996 and Williamson and Lucas 1993
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is East Flank Torreon Wash (Upper), which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (6: Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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