ammonites
Miacis igniculus Beard and Dawson 2009 (placental mammal)

Mammalia - Theriiformes

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 Miacis according to K. C. Beard and M. R. Dawson 2009

Sister taxa: Miacis australis, Miacis cognitus, Miacis deutschi, Miacis exiguus, Miacis hargeri, Miacis hookwayi, Miacis invictus, Miacis latidens, Miacis latouri, Miacis lushiensis, Miacis medius, Miacis parvivorus, Miacis petilus, Miacis sylvestris, Miacis vulpinus, Miacis washakius, Prodaphaenus uintensis

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: arboreal carnivore