Dipsalodon Jepsen 1930 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Full reference: G. L. Jepsen. 1930. New Vertebrate Fossils from the Lower Eocene of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 69(1):117-131

Parent taxon: Oxyaenidae according to G. F. Gunnell 1998

See also Jepsen 1930 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Dipsalidictis, Dormaalodon, Galethylax, Machaeroides, Machaeroidinae, Oxyaeninae, Palaeonictinae, Sarkastodon, Tytthaena

Subtaxa: Dipsalodon churchillorum Dipsalodon matthewi

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Type: Dipsalodon matthewi

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Clarkforkian of United States (5: Wyoming collections)

• Paleocene of United States (4: Wyoming)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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