Mammalia - Acreodi - Hapalodectidae
Full reference: S.-Y. Ting and C.-K. Li. 1987. The skull of Hapalodectes (Acreodi, Mammalia), with notes on some Chinese mesonychids. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 25(3):161-186
Belongs to Hapalodectes according to F. Solé et al. 2018
See also Solé et al. 2017 and Ting and Li 1987
Sister taxa: Hapalodectes anthracinus, Hapalodectes auctus, Hapalodectes compressus, Hapalodectes dux, Hapalodectes huanghaiensis, Hapalodectes leptognathus, Hapalodectes lopatini, Hapalodectes lushiensis, Hapalodectes paleocenus, Hapalodectes paradux, Hapalodectes serus
Type specimen: IVPP V5253, a skull (associated skull and lower jaws). Its type locality is Lingcha, which is in an Eocene terrestrial siliciclastic in the Lingcha Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lingcha
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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