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Trigonictis

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Trigonictis
Temporal range: Pliocene– Early Pleistocene
Trigonictis fossils (top row)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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  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.