Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. Descriptions of some new Vertebrata from the Bridger Group of the Eocene. Paleontological Bulletin 1:1-6
Belongs to Hyopsodus according to E. D. Cope 1872
Sister taxa: Hyopsodus despiciens, Hyopsodus fangxianensis, Hyopsodus fastigatus, Hyopsodus huashigouensis, Hyopsodus itinerans, Hyopsodus latidens, Hyopsodus lepidus, Hyopsodus loomisi, Hyopsodus lysitensis, Hyopsodus markmani, Hyopsodus marshi, Hyopsodus mentalis, Hyopsodus minor, Hyopsodus minusculus, Hyopsodus miticulus, Hyopsodus paulus, Hyopsodus pauxillus, Hyopsodus powellianus, Hyopsodus sholemi, Hyopsodus simplex, Hyopsodus tonksi, Hyopsodus uintensis, Hyopsodus walcottianus, Hyopsodus wardi, Hyopsodus wortmani
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cottonwood Creek (Lower Bridger), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hyopsodus pygmaeus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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