Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Synonyms: Hyopsodus distans Marsh 1875, Hyopsodus rarus Marsh 1872, Hyopsodus vicarius Cope 1873, Lemuravus distans Marsh 1875, Microsyops vicarius Cope 1873, Stenacodon rarus Marsh 1872
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1870. [Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, October 4th, 1870]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(3):109-110
Belongs to Hyopsodus according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Cope 1873, Cope 1875, Dawson and Constenius 2018, Gazin 1968, Hay 1902, Leidy 1870, Leidy 1873, Marsh 1872, Marsh 1875, Matthew 1909, Osborn 1902, Osborn 1902 and West 1979
Sister taxa: Hyopsodus despiciens, Hyopsodus fangxianensis, Hyopsodus fastigatus, Hyopsodus huashigouensis, Hyopsodus itinerans, Hyopsodus latidens, Hyopsodus lepidus, Hyopsodus loomisi, Hyopsodus lysitensis, Hyopsodus markmani, Hyopsodus marshi, Hyopsodus mentalis, Hyopsodus minor, Hyopsodus minusculus, Hyopsodus miticulus, Hyopsodus pauxillus, Hyopsodus powellianus, Hyopsodus pygmaeus, Hyopsodus sholemi, Hyopsodus simplex, Hyopsodus tonksi, Hyopsodus uintensis, Hyopsodus walcottianus, Hyopsodus wardi, Hyopsodus wortmani
Type specimens:
- Hyopsodus paulus: Its type locality is Church Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming
- Hyopsodus distans:
- Hyopsodus vicarius:
- Stenacodon rarus:
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (82: Colorado, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 82 collections each including a single occurrence
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