Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae

Synonym: Lichnocyon phoenicus Baskin 1982 [objective synonym]

Full reference: O. J. Linares. 1981. Tres nuevos carnivoros Procionidos fósiles del Mioceno de Norte y Sudamerica. Ameghiniana 18(3-4):113-121

Belongs to Protoprocyon according to Linares 1982

See also Baskin 1982 and Baskin 1989

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Protoprocyon savagei: F:AM 25210, a mandible (right ramus with p2-m2). Its type locality is East Clayton Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian/Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.
• Lichnocyon phoenicus: F:AM 25210, a mandible (right ramus with p2-m2). Its type locality is East Clayton Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian/Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: scansorial frugivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at East Clayton Quarry

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