Pachyaena ossifraga Cope 1874

Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

Alternative combinations: Mesonyx ossifraga, Mesonyx ossifragus

Synonym: Pachyaena intermedia Wortman 1899

Belongs to Pachyaena according to F. Solé et al. 2018

See also Cope 1875, Cope 1882, Hay 1902, Matthew 1909, Matthew and Granger 1915, O'Leary and Rose 1995 and Scott 1892

Sister taxa: Pachyaena gigantea, Pachyaena gracilis, Pachyaena nemegetica

Type specimens:

  • Pachyaena ossifraga: Its type locality is Arroyo Blanco (Cope), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the San Jose Formation of New Mexico
  • Pachyaena intermedia:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (29: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming)

Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence

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