†Oxyaena simpsoni Van Valen 1966 (creodont)
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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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