Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Synonym: Dipsalidictides Denison 1938
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1915. A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River faunas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34(1):1-103
Parent taxon: Oxyaenidae according to P. D. Gingerich 1989
See also Denison 1938, Gunnell 1998, Matthew and Granger 1915, Rose 1981, Rose et al. 2012, Van Valen 1966 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Dipsalodon, Dormaalodon, Galethylax, Machaeroides, Machaeroidinae, Oxyaeninae, Palaeonictinae, Sarkastodon, Tytthaena
Subtaxa: Dipsalidictis aequidens Dipsalidictis krausei Dipsalidictis platypus Dipsalidictis transiens
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (24: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (25: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (3: Wyoming)
Total: 52 collections including 54 occurrences
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