†Hemipsalodon viejaensis Gustafson 1986 (creodont)
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Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Full reference: E. P. Gustafson. 1986. Carnivorous mammals of the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Trans-Pecos Texas. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 33:1-66
Belongs to Hemipsalodon according to E. P. Gustafson 1986
Sister taxon: Hemipsalodon grandis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Big Red Horizon (Hemipsalodon Locality), which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Chambers Tuff Formation of Texas
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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