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 | |
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
[edit]- ^ 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.