†family Hapalodectidae Szalay and Gould 1966 (condylarth)

Mammalia - Acreodi - Hapalodectidae

Full reference: F. S. Szalay and S. J. Gould. 1966. Asiatic Mesonychidae (Mammalia, Condylarthra). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 132(2):129-173

Parent taxon: Mesonychia according to F. Solé et al. 2017

See also Archibald 1998, Beard et al. 2010, Carroll 1988, Geisler and McKenna 2007, Gingerich 1998, McKenna and Bell 1997, Spaulding et al. 2009, Thewissen et al. 2001 and Zhou et al. 1995

Sister taxa: Andrewsarchidae, Mesonychidae, Simidectes, Wyolestes, Wyolestidae

Subtaxa: Hapalodectes Hapalorestes

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of China (5 collections), United States (15: Colorado, Wyoming)

• Paleocene of China (4), Mongolia (1)

Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences

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