Oxyaena simpsoni Van Valen 1966 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Full reference: L. Van Valen. 1966. Deltatheridia, a new order of Mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 132(1):1-126

Belongs to Oxyaena according to L. Van Valen 1966

Sister taxa: Oxyaena forcipata, Oxyaena gulo, Oxyaena intermedia, Oxyaena lupina, Oxyaena pardalis, Oxyaena woutersi, Argillotherium toliapicum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Largo, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the San Jose Formation of New Mexico

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Largo

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