†Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae Zach et al. 2022 (creodont)
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Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Full reference: S.P. Zach, A.W. Poust, and H. Wagner. 2022. Diegoaelurus, a new machaeroidine (Oxyaenidae) from the Santiago Formation (late Uintan) of southern California and the relationships of Machaeroidinae, the oldest group of sabertooth mammals. PeerJ 10:e13032:1-27
Belongs to Diegoaelurus according to S.P. Zach et al. 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SDSNH 38343, a mandible (ight dentary preserving i2, c, p3, and m1-2). Its type locality is Jeff's Discovery, which is in an Uintan terrestrial siliciclastic in the Santiago Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Jeff's Discovery
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