†Oodectes pugnax Wortman and Matthew 1899 (placental)
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Alternative combination: Uintacyon pugnax
Full reference: J. L. Wortman and W. D. Matthew. 1899. The ancestry of certain members of the Canidae, the Viverridae, and Procyonidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(6):109-138
Belongs to Oodectes according to R. E. Heinrich 1997
See also MacIntyre and Guthrie 1979, Matthew 1909 and Wortman and Matthew 1899
Sister taxa: Oodectes herpestoides, Oodectes jepseni
Type specimen: AMNH 1744, a mandible ( nearly complete lower jaw)
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Oodectes pugnax in the database
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