†Machaeroides Matthew 1909 (creodont)
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Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1909. The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567
Parent taxon: Oxyaenidae according to G. F. Gunnell 1998
See also Matthew 1909 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Dipsalidictis, Dipsalodon, Dormaalodon, Galethylax, Machaeroidinae, Oxyaeninae, Palaeonictinae, Sarkastodon, Tytthaena
Subtaxa: Machaeroides eothen Machaeroides simpsoni
Type: Machaeroides eothen
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Wyoming collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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