†Gracilocyon igniculus Beard and Dawson 2009 (placental)
PaleoDB taxon number: 347702
Alternative combination: Miacis igniculus
Full reference: K. C. Beard and M. R. Dawson. 2009. Early Wasatchian mammals of the Red Hot local fauna, uppermost Tuscahoma Formation, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Annals of Carnegie Museum 78(3):193-243
Belongs to Gracilocyon according to F. Solé et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Gracilocyon rosei, Gracilocyon rundlei, Gracilocyon solei, Gracilocyon winkleri
Type specimen: YPM-PU 23989, a tooth (left p4). Its type locality is Red Hot, which is in a Wasatchian estuary/bay sandstone in the Tuscahoma Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore