Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich and H. A. Deutsch. 1989. Systematics and Evolution of Early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(13):327-391
Parent taxon: Sinopaninae according to F. Solé et al. 2014
See also Gingerich and Deutsch 1989, Gunnell 1998 and Solé 2013
Sister taxa: Acarictis, Galecyon, Gazinocyon, Prototomus, Proviverroides, Sinopa, Tritemnodon
Subtaxa: Pyrocyon dioctetus Pyrocyon strenuus
Type: Pyrocyon dioctetus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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