Mammalia - Acreodi - Hapalodectidae
Full reference: Y. Tong and J. Wang. 2006. Fossil Mammals from the Early Eocene Wutu Formation of Shandong Province. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C 192(28):1-195
Belongs to Hapalodectes according to F. Solé et al. 2018
See also Solé et al. 2017 and Tong and Wang 2006
Sister taxa: Hapalodectes anthracinus, Hapalodectes auctus, Hapalodectes compressus, Hapalodectes dux, Hapalodectes hetangensis, Hapalodectes leptognathus, Hapalodectes lopatini, Hapalodectes lushiensis, Hapalodectes paleocenus, Hapalodectes paradux, Hapalodectes serus
Type specimen: IVPP V10728, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Changle Coal Mine, which is in an Eocene terrestrial coal in the Wutu Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Changle Coal Mine
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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