Trigonictis
Trigonictis is an extinct genus of mustelid related to the living grison. It lived in North America during the Pliocene to Pleistocene. [1] Fossil specimens have been found across the United States, from Washington and Oregon in the northwest to California and Florida in the south.[2]
| Trigonictis Temporal range: | |
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| Trigonictis fossils (top row) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Subfamily: | Ictonychinae |
| Genus: | †Trigonictis Cope, 1868 |
| Type species | |
| †Trigonictis macrodon | |
| Other Species | |
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T. cookii | |
Two species are known; Trigonictis macrodon and Trigonictis cookii.
References
- Alroy, John, PaleoDB collection 20308, March 26, 1995, De Soto Shell Pit, Caloosahatchee Formation, DeSoto County, Florida
- John Alroy, February 18, 1993. PaleoDB collection 19651.
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