Prolimnocyon haematus Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta

Full reference: P. D. Gingerich and H. A. Deutsch. 1989. Systematics and Evolution of Early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(13):327-391

Belongs to Prolimnocyon according to P. D. Polly 1996

See also Gingerich and Deutsch 1989

Sister taxa: Prolimnocyon antiquus, Prolimnocyon atavus, Prolimnocyon chowi, Prolimnocyon eerius

Type specimen: Its type locality is SC-54, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (20: Colorado, Wyoming collections)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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