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Chriacus is an
extinct genus of
placental mammals that
lived in what is now
North America during the
Paleocene epoch and died out
after the
early Eocene...
- ****igned it to
Chriacus. Subsequently, it was re****igned to
Protochriacus by
William Berryman Scott in 1892, then
synonymised with
Chriacus pugnax by George...
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Arctocyonids varied considerably in size and morphology.
Smaller genera, like
Chriacus, were
about the size of a coati,
while larger ones, such as Arctocyon,...
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closely related to the "arctocyonids" Mimotricentes,
Deuterogonodon and
Chriacus. "Triisodontidae" may be paraphyletic.
Mesonychians possess unusual triangular...
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synonymised O.
simplex with O. cuspidatus. A
species formerly ****igned to
Chriacus, C. antiquus, was re****igned to
Oxyclaenus by
Leigh Van
Valen and Robert...
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Arctocyonidae (possibly
polyphyletic ****emblage)
Genus Arctocyon Genus Chriacus Family Periptychidae Genus Ectoconus Genus Oxyacodon Family Hyopsodontidae...
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throughout the
fossil record.
Dating to the
Eocene epoch over 50 mya,
Chriacus and Thryptacodon—two
types of
arctocyonids (primitive
placental mammals)—also...
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closely related. Paleocene–Eocene
Family Arctocyonidae Genus Arctocyon Genus Chriacus Family Periptychidae Genus Ectoconus Genus Oxyacodon Family Hyopsodontidae...
- taeniodont. In many respects, it
resembles a
larger version of the
related Chriacus. The
forelimbs were
extremely robust, more so than the hind limbs, with...
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interpositum – type
locality for
species †
Chriacus †
Chriacus baldwini †
Chriacus calenancus †
Chriacus pelvidens †
Chriacus punitor †Chthonophis – type locality...
