†Wyolestes Gingerich 1981 (mesonychian)
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Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1981. Radiation of Early Cenozoic Didymoconidae (Condylarthra, Mesonychia) in Asia, with a New Genus from the Early Eocene of Western North America. Journal of Mammalogy 62(3):526-538
Parent taxon: Mesonychoidea according to P. D. Gingerich 1982
See also Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Gingerich 1981 and Gingerich 1998
Sister taxa: Andrewsarchidae, Hapalodectidae, Mesonychidae, Simidectes, Wyolestidae
Subtaxa: Wyolestes apheles Wyolestes dioctes Wyolestes iglesius
Type: Wyolestes apheles
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (14: Wyoming)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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