Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Alternative combinations: Ellipsodon acolytus, Hyopsodus acolytus, Mioclaenus acolytus
Synonyms: Ellipsodon aquilonius Simpson 1935, Mioclaenus minimus Cope 1882, Promioclaenus aquilonius Simpson 1935
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1882. Synopsis of the Vertebrata of the Puerco Eocene epoch. Supplement on a new Meniscotherium from the Wasatch epoch. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 20:461-471
Belongs to Promioclaenus according to de Muizon and Cifelli 2000
See also Burger 2007, Cope 1882, Cope 1888, Gazin 1969, Hartman 1986, Hay 1902, Matthew 1897, Matthew 1909, Matthew 1937, Osborn 1902, Rigby 1980, Robison 1986, Schiebout 1974, Simpson 1935, Van Valen 1978, Williamson 1996 and Wilson 1956
Sister taxa: Promioclaenus lemuroides, Promioclaenus pipiringosi, Promioclaenus thnetus, Promioclaenus walshi
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (38: Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
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