Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Alternative combination: Mesonyx navajovius
Synonym: Dissacus carnifex Cope 1882
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1881. On some Mammalia of the lowest Eocene beds of New Mexico. Palaeontological Bulletin 33:484-495
Belongs to Dissacus according to F. Solé et al. 2018
See also Cope 1881, Cope 1882, Cope 1882, Cope 1888, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Matthew 1897, Matthew 1937, O'Leary and Rose 1995, O'Leary and Rose 1995, Rigby 1980 and Scott 1892
Sister taxa: Dissacus argenteus, Dissacus blayaci, Dissacus bohaiensis, Dissacus europaeus, Dissacus filholi, Dissacus indigenus, Dissacus magushanensis, Dissacus praenuntius, Dissacus progressus, Dissacus raslanloubatieri, Dissacus rotundus, Dissacus rougierae, Dissacus saurognathus, Dissacus serior, Dissacus serratus, Dissacus shanghoensis, Dissacus willwoodensis, Dissacus zanabazari, Dissacus zengi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Clarkforkian of United States (2: Colorado collections)
• Paleocene of United States (10: New Mexico, Wyoming)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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