Hyopsodus fangxianensis Huang 1995 (condylarth)

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Full reference: X. Huang. 1995. A new Hyopsodus from the Early Eocene of Fangxian, Hubei. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 33(1):39-46

Belongs to Hyopsodus according to X. Huang 1995

Sister taxa: Hyopsodus despiciens, 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 pygmaeus, Hyopsodus sholemi, Hyopsodus simplex, Hyopsodus tonksi, Hyopsodus uintensis, Hyopsodus walcottianus, Hyopsodus wardi, Hyopsodus wortmani

Type specimen: IVPP V12005, a mandible. Its type locality is Luojiagou, 10 km northwest of Fangxian City, which is in an Eocene terrestrial mudstone in the Youngping Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Luojiagou, 10 km northwest of Fangxian City

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