Arfia zele Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - 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

Belongs to Arfia according to P. D. Polly 1996

See also Gingerich and Deutsch 1989

Sister taxa: Arfia gingerichi, Arfia junnei, Arfia langebadreae, Arfia opisthotoma, Arfia palustris, Arfia shoshoniensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is SC-40, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (24: Wyoming collections)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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