†Hessolestes Peterson 1931 (condylarth)
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Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1931. New Mesonychids From The Uinta. Annals of Carnegie Museum 20(3-4):333-339
Parent taxon: Mesonychidae according to P. D. Gingerich 1998
See also Gustafson 1986, McKenna and Bell 1997, Peterson 1931 and Szalay and Gould 1966
Sister taxa: Dissacus, Dissacusium, Hapalodectinae, Harpagolestes, Honanodon, Jiangxia, Lohoodon, Mesonychinae, Metahapalodectes, Olsenia, Pachyaena, Plagiocristodon, Sinonyx, Synoplotherium
Subtaxa: Hessolestes ultimus
Type: Hessolestes ultimus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Texas, Utah collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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