Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

Full reference: M. Chow, Y. Zhang, B. Wang and S. Ding. 1977. Paleocene mammalian fauna from the Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong Province. Paleontologica Sinica, new series C 20

Parent taxon: Mesonychidae according to P. D. Gingerich 1998

See also Carroll 1988, Chow et al. 1977, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Zhou et al. 1995

Sister taxa: Dissacus, Hapalodectinae, Harpagolestes, Hessolestes, Honanodon, Jiangxia, Lohoodon, Mesonychinae, Metahapalodectes, Olsenia, Pachyaena, Plagiocristodon, Sinonyx, Synoplotherium

Subtaxa: none

Type: Dissacus shanghoensis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dissacusium in the database

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