Mammalia - Hyaenodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich and H. A. Deutsch. 1989. Systematics and Evolution of Early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(13):327-391
Parent taxon: Sinopaninae according to F. Solé 2013
See also Gingerich and Deutsch 1989, Gunnell 1998, Smith and Smith 2001 and Solé et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Acarictis, Gazinocyon, Prototomus, Proviverroides, Pyrocyon, Sinopa, Tritemnodon
Subtaxa: Galecyon chronius Galecyon gallus Galecyon mordax Galecyon morloi Galecyon peregrinus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), France (1), United States (8: Wyoming)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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