Trigonictis
Trigonictis is an extinct genus of mustelid related to the living grison. It lived in North America during the Pliocene to Pleistocene. Fossil specimens have been found across the United States, from Washington and Oregon in the northwest to California and Florida in the south.
| 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 | |
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T. cookii | |
Two species are known; Trigonictis macrodon and Trigonictis cookii.
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