Alternative spelling: Pleurocyon (Simidectes)
Synonym: Pleurocyon Peterson 1919
Full reference: C. Stock. 1933. A miacid from the Sespe Upper Eocene, California. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 19(5):481-486
Parent taxon: Mesonychoidea according to P. D. Gingerich 1982
See also Carroll 1988, Coombs 1971, Gustafson 1979, Hooker 1986, Peterson 1919, Stock 1933 and Wilson and Stevens 1986
Sister taxa: Andrewsarchidae, Hapalodectidae, Mesonychidae, Wyolestes, Wyolestidae
Subtaxa: Simidectes magnus Simidectes medius Simidectes merriami
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (13: California, Texas, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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