Alternative combinations: Miacis robustus, Prodaphaenus robustus, Uintacyon robustus
Synonym: Tapocyon occidentalis Stock 1934
Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1919. Report Upon the Material Discovered in the Upper Eocene of the Uinta Basin by Earl Douglas in the Years 1908-1909, and by O. A. Peterson in 1912. Annals of Carnegie Museum 12(2):40-168
Belongs to Tapocyon according to G. D. Wesley and J. J. Flynn 2003
See also Clark 1939, Dawson 1980, Friscia and Rasmussen 2010, Kay 1957, Peterson 1919 and Stock 1934
Sister taxon: Tapocyon dawsonae
Type specimens:
- Tapocyon robustus: C. M. No. 3023, a partial skeleton (fragments of lower jaws with P4 M1 and M2 in place; fragments of vertebrae, greater portion of right humerus, and head of femur). Its type locality is Myton Pocket, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.
- Tapocyon occidentalis: Its type locality is Tapo Canyon (Upper), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Sespe Formation of California.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (9: California, Montana, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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