Malfelis Stucky and Hardy 2007 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Full reference: R. K. Stucky and T. G. Hardy. 2007. A new large, hypercarnivorous oxyaenid (Mammalia, Creodonta) from the middle Eocene of the Wind River Formation, Natrona County, Wyoming. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 39:57-65

Parent taxon: Oxyaeninae according to R. K. Stucky and T. G. Hardy 2007

Sister taxa: Oxyaena, Patriofelis

Subtaxa: Malfelis badwaterensis

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Type: Malfelis badwaterensis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Davis Ranch (Eocene of Wyoming)

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