Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Full reference: F. Solé, M. Godinot, Y. Laurent, A. Galoyer, and T. Smith. 2018. The European Mesonychid Mammals: Phylogeny, Ecology, Biogeography, and Biochronology. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 25:339-379
Belongs to Dissacus according to F. Solé et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Dissacus argenteus, Dissacus blayaci, Dissacus bohaiensis, Dissacus europaeus, Dissacus filholi, Dissacus indigenus, Dissacus magushanensis, Dissacus navajovius, Dissacus praenuntius, Dissacus progressus, Dissacus raslanloubatieri, Dissacus rotundus, Dissacus saurognathus, Dissacus serior, Dissacus serratus, Dissacus shanghoensis, Dissacus willwoodensis, Dissacus zanabazari, Dissacus zengi
Type specimen: UM/PAT18, a mandible (left mandible bearing p2 to m3 and alveolus for p1.). Its type locality is Palette, which is in a Ypresian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in France.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Palette
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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