Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1956. Palaeocene mammalian faunas of the Bison Basin in south-central Wyoming. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 131(6):1-57
Belongs to Thryptacodon according to R. E. Sweedler et al. 2025
See also Gazin 1956 and Scott et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Thryptacodon antiquus, Thryptacodon australis, Thryptacodon barae, Thryptacodon olseni, Thryptacodon orthogonius, Thryptacodon pseudarctos
Type specimen: USNM 20985, a mandible. Its type locality is Ledge, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (3: Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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