Trigonictis | |
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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 livinggrison. It lived in North America during thePliocene toPleistocene.[1] Fossil specimens have been found across the United States, fromWashington andOregon in the northwest toCalifornia andFlorida in the south.[2]
Two species are known;Trigonictis macrodon andTrigonictis cookii.
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