Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Alternative combinations: Desmatoclaenus spiekeri, Protogonodon spiekeri
Synonyms: Loxolophus biathales Gazin 1941, Protogonodon biathales Gazin 1941
Belongs to Loxolophus according to T. E. Williamson 1996
See also Cifelli et al. 1999, Gazin 1941, Robison 1986 and Van Valen 1978
Sister taxa: Deltatherium interruptum, Loxolophus attenuatus, Loxolophus criswelli, Loxolophus faulkneri, Loxolophus grangeri, Loxolophus hyattianus, Loxolophus kimbetovius, Loxolophus pentacus, Loxolophus priscus, Loxolophus schizophrenus, Loxolophus stenognathus
Type specimens:
- Loxolophus spiekeri: Its type locality is Dragon Canyon, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the North Horn Formation of Utah
- Protogonodon biathales: USNM 16181.
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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