Blancan Carnivore Trigonictis 
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USNM - National Museum of Natural History 
UM - University of Michigan 
UO - University of Oregon 
UW - University of Washington 
C - canine 
P - premolar 
M - molar 
mybp - million years before present 
OR - observed range 
with superscript (upper) or subscript (lower) 
Galictinae Reig 1957 
Trigonictis Hibbard 1941 
Type-species. — Trigonictis kansasensis Hibbard 1941. 
Included species. — T. macrodon (Cope) 1868, T. cookii (Gazin) 1934. 
Diagnosis. — see Hibbard 1941a:344; 1941b:273; Bjork 1970:22; and 
below, under T. macrodon. 
Distribution. — United States. 
Age. — Blancan Land Mammal Age; also Irvingtonian(?) in Florida. 
Trigonictis macrodon (Cope), 1868 
Figs. 1, 2 (part), 3-6 
“Carnivore the size of a fox,” Cope, 27 October 1867, letter to his 
father, in Osborn 1931:148. 
Galera, a new carnivore of the genus. Cope 1868a: 138. — Bjork 
1970:28. 
Galera macrodon Cope 1 868b: 1 55. — Leidy 1 869:369, 47 1 , pi. 30, figs. 
1-3. — Coues 1877:17 (type description reprinted). — Roger 1887:135. 
— Gillette and Colbert 1976:33. 
Putorius macrodon, Wortman 1883:1001. — Cope and Wortman, 
1884:5. 
Galictis macrodon, Nehring 1886:151. — Roger 1896:60. — Trouessart 
1897:264. — Nehring 1901:216. — Hay 1902:767. — Trouessart 1904:197. 
— Reig 1957:41, 44 (possibly distinct subgenus). 
Grison macrodon. Hay 1919:367. — Hay 1923:220, 347. — Hay 
1930:531 (part, not Merrill 1907A). — Schreuder 1935:89. 
LutravusG) idahoensis Gazin 1934:137-143, fig. 1, table 1. 
Canimartesl idahoensis, Gazin 1937:363-364. — Hibbard 1941a:346- 
347. — Hibbard 1941b:273-274. — Reig 1957:33, 45. — Repenning 
1967:297. 
Trigonictis kansasensis Hibbard 1941a (genotype):344-347, fig. 5a, b. 
— Hibbard 1941 b:273-274. — McGrew 1944:53. — Reig 1957:45. — 
Zakrzewski 1967:293-294. 
