Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. Descriptions of some new Vertebrata from the Bridger Group of the Eocene. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:460-465
Belongs to Mesonyx according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Cope 1872, Hay 1902, Scott 1888 and Wortman 1902
Sister taxa: Mesonyx dakotensis, Mesonyx nuhetingensis, Mesonyx uqbulakensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cottonwood Creek (Lower Bridger), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (8: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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