Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1989. New earliest Wasatchian mammalian fauna from the Eocene of northwestern Wyoming: composition and diversity in a rarely sampled high-floodplain assemblage. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 28:1-97
Parent taxon: Arctocyonidae according to P. D. Gingerich 1989
See also Archibald 1998
Sister taxa: Anacodon, Aphanocyon, Arctocyon, Arctocyonides, Arctocyoninae, Baioconodon, Carcinodon, Chriacus, Claenodon, Colpoclaenus, Deuterogonodon, Heteroborus, Hyodectes, Karakia, Lambertocyon, Landenodon, Loxolophinae, Loxolophus, Maiorana, Mentoclaenodon, Mimatuta, Mimotricentes, Oxyclaenus, Oxyprimus, Oxytomodon, Paratriisodon, Protungulatum, Sigynorum, Thryptacodon
Subtaxa: Princetonia yalensis
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
• Cf2 of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (6: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (8: Wyoming)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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