Dromocyon vorax Marsh, 1876

Catalog Number: YPM VP 010935
Department: Vertebrate Paleontology
Scientific Name: Dromocyon vorax Marsh, 1876, HOLOTYPE
Taxonomy: Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Amniota; Mammalia; Theriiformes-----Theria-Placentalia-Epitheria; Preptotheria-Ungulata-Eparctocyona; Cete; Acreodi; Mesonychidae
Identification: Det. by: Othniel C. Marsh, 1998
Common Name: mammals; vertebrates; chordates; animals
Locality: North America; USA; Wyoming; Uinta County
Stratigraphy: Tertiary; Eocene; Bridgerian; Bridger Fm
Collected: Sam Smith, Jacob Heisey, Sam Smith & Co. (Wyoming, 1875), 1875-11
Description: skull; mandible; skeleton; VP number 10935; lot count 1; accn=YPM.00822; associatedwith=VPAR.000167,VPAR.000170
All Determinations: Synoplotherium vorax
HOLOTYPE. Det. by: J. D. Archibald 1998

Synoplotherium vorax
HOLOTYPE. Det. by: William D. Matthew

Mesonyx obtusidens
Det. by: William B. Scott

Dromocyon vorax
HOLOTYPE. Det. by: Othniel C. Marsh 1876
Preparations: mounted
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VP.010935: Dromocyon vorax: (photo by Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, Yale Peabody Museum, 2017)

VP.010935: Dromocyon vorax: (photo by Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, Yale Peabody Museum, 2017)

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