Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Synonym: Dromocyon Marsh 1876
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. Notices of New Vertebrata from the Upper Waters of Bitter Creek, Wyoming Territory. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12(86):483-486
Parent taxon: Mesonychidae according to S. Tomiya et al. 2021
See also Alroy 2002, Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Gazin 1976, Gingerich 1998, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Matthew 1909, McKenna and Bell 1997, O'Leary and Rose 1995, Rose and O'Leary 1995, Szalay and Gould 1966, Thewissen et al. 2001 and Zhou et al. 1995
Sister taxa: Dissacus, Dissacusium, Hapalodectinae, Harpagolestes, Hessolestes, Honanodon, Jiangxia, Lohoodon, Mesonychinae, Metahapalodectes, Olsenia, Pachyaena, Plagiocristodon, Sinonyx
Subtaxa: Synoplotherium canius Synoplotherium lanius Synoplotherium vorax
Type: Synoplotherium lanius
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (13: Texas, Wyoming collections)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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