Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

Full reference: Y. Tong and J. Wang. 2006. Fossil Mammals from the Early Eocene Wutu Formation of Shandong Province. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C 192(28):1-195

Belongs to Dissacus according to F. Solé et al. 2018

See also Tong and Wang 2006

Sister taxa: Dissacus argenteus, Dissacus blayaci, Dissacus europaeus, Dissacus filholi, Dissacus indigenus, Dissacus magushanensis, Dissacus navajovius, Dissacus praenuntius, Dissacus progressus, Dissacus raslanloubatieri, Dissacus rotundus, Dissacus rougierae, Dissacus saurognathus, Dissacus serior, Dissacus serratus, Dissacus shanghoensis, Dissacus willwoodensis, Dissacus zanabazari, Dissacus zengi

Type specimen: IVPP V10729, a mandible. Its type locality is Changle Coal Mine, which is in an Eocene terrestrial coal in the Wutu Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Changle Coal Mine

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.