Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Full reference: J. L. Wortman. 1901. Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum. The American Journal of Science, series 4 12(70):281-296
Parent taxon: Mesonychidae according to S. Tomiya et al. 2021
See also Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Gingerich 1998, Hay 1930, McKenna and Bell 1997, Peterson 1919, Szalay and Gould 1966, Thewissen et al. 2001, Wortman 1901 and Zhou et al. 1995
Sister taxa: Dissacus, Dissacusium, Hapalodectinae, Hessolestes, Honanodon, Jiangxia, Lohoodon, Mesonychinae, Metahapalodectes, Olsenia, Pachyaena, Plagiocristodon, Sinonyx, Synoplotherium
Subtaxa: Harpagolestes brevipes Harpagolestes immanis Harpagolestes koreanicus Harpagolestes leei Harpagolestes leotensis Harpagolestes macrocephalus Harpagolestes orientalis Harpagolestes uintensis
Type: Harpagolestes macrocephalus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of North Korea (1 collection)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), China (5), Mongolia (1), North Korea (1), United States (15: California, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences
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