†Deltatherium Cope 1881 (creodont)
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Synonym: Lipodectes Cope 1881
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1881. Mammalia of the lower Eocene beds. American Naturalist 15:337-338
Parent taxon: Proviverridae according to W. B. Scott 1892
See also Cope 1881, Cope 1881, Cope 1883, Hay 1902, Lucas 1998, Matthew 1937 and Van Valen 1966
Sister taxa: Alienetherium, Allopterodon, Consobrinus, Didelphodus, Lesmesodon, Minimovellentodon, Morlodon, Paenoxyaenoides, Parvagula, Praecodens, Proviverra
Subtaxa: Deltatherium fundaminis
Type: Deltatherium fundaminis
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (11: New Mexico collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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