Arfia Van Valen 1965 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Synonym: Anthracoxyaena Tong and Wang 2006

Full reference: L. Van Valen. 1965. Some European Proviverrini (Mammalia, Deltatheridia). Palaeontology 8(4):638-665

Parent taxon: Arfianinae according to F. Solé et al. 2014

See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Morlo et al. 2014, Peigné et al. 2007, Rose et al. 2012, Solé 2013, Solé et al. 2009, Tong and Wang 2006, Van Valen 1965 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Arfia gingerichi Arfia junnei Arfia langebadreae Arfia opisthotoma Arfia palustris Arfia shoshoniensis Arfia zele

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Belgium (2 collections), China (1), France (2), Mongolia (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (144: Colorado, Wyoming)

• Paleocene to Eocene of France (1)

Total: 152 collections including 155 occurrences

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