Trigonictis

Trigonictis
Temporal range:
Trigonictis fossils (top row)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Family: Mustelidae
Subfamily: Ictonychinae
Genus: †
Cope, 1868
Type species
†Trigonictis macrodon
Other Species

T. cookii

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]

Two species are known; Trigonictis macrodon and Trigonictis cookii.

References

  1. ^ Alroy, John, PaleoDB collection 20308, March 26, 1995, De Soto Shell Pit, Caloosahatchee Formation, DeSoto County, Florida
  2. ^ John Alroy, February 18, 1993. PaleoDB collection 19651.


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