Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Alternative combination: Tricentes fremontensis
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1956. Palaeocene mammalian faunas of the Bison Basin in south-central Wyoming. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 131(6):1-57
Belongs to Mimotricentes according to D. W. Krause and P. D. Gingerich 1983
See also Gazin 1956 and Van Valen and Sloan 1965
Sister taxa: Mimotricentes angustidens, Mimotricentes tedfordi
Type specimen: USNM 20582, a mandible. Its type locality is Saddle, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (5: Montana, Wyoming collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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