Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Alternative combination: Oxyaena platypus
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
Belongs to Dipsalidictis according to P. D. Gingerich 1989
See also Denison 1938, Gunnell 1998, Matthew and Granger 1915, Rose 1981, Rose et al. 2012 and Van Valen 1966
Sister taxa: Dipsalidictis aequidens, Dipsalidictis krausei, Dipsalidictis transiens
Type specimen: Its type locality is SC-67, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (3: Wyoming)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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