Osteichthyes - Eutheria - Arctocyonidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 42203
Synonyms: Metachriacus Simpson 1935 (no. 48432), Spanoxyodon Simpson 1935 (no. 42216), Tricentes Cope 1884 (no. 52422)
Parent taxon: Arctocyonidae according to T. J. D. Halliday et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Anacodon, Aphanocyon, Arctocyon, Arctocyonides, Arctocyoninae, Baioconodon, Carcinodon, Claenodon, Colpoclaenus, Desmatoclaenus, Deuterogonodon, Heteroborus, Hyodectes, Karakia, Lambertocyon, Landenodon, Loxolophinae, Loxolophus, Mentoclaenodon, Mimotricentes, Oxyprimus, Oxytomodon, Paratriisodon, Princetonia, Protungulatum, Sigynorum, Thryptacodon
Subtaxa: Chriacus badgleyi, Chriacus baldwini, Chriacus calenancus, Chriacus gallinae, Chriacus katrinae, Chriacus metocometi, Chriacus oconostotae, Chriacus pelvidens, Chriacus punitor, Chriacus stenops, Chriacus truncatus, Tricentes subtrigonus
Type: Chriacus pelvidens
Ecology: scansorial omnivore