Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Synonyms: Hyaenodon minutus Douglass 1902, Hyaenodon paucidens Osborn and Wortman 1894, Pseudopterodon minutus Douglass 1902
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1853. [On leave granted, Dr. Leidy made the following coinmnunication]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6:392-394
Belongs to Hyaenodon according to W. B. Scott 1892
See also Douglass 1902, Gunnell 1998, Hay 1902, Lambe 1908, Lavrov and Emry 1998, Leidy 1853, Leidy 1857, Matthew 1903, Mellett 1977, Osborn and Wortman 1894, Polly 1996, Stock 1933, Tabrum and Nichols 2001 and Thorpe 1922
Sister taxa: Hyaenodon (Isohyaenodon), Hyaenodon americanus, Hyaenodon bavaricus, Hyaenodon brachycephalus, Hyaenodon brevirostrus, Hyaenodon chunkhtensis, Hyaenodon cruentus, Hyaenodon dubius, Hyaenodon eminus, Hyaenodon filholi, Hyaenodon gigas, Hyaenodon horridus, Hyaenodon incertus, Hyaenodon leptocephalus, Hyaenodon leptorhynchus, Hyaenodon megaloides, Hyaenodon microdon, Hyaenodon minor, Hyaenodon mongoliensis, Hyaenodon montanus, Hyaenodon mustelinus, Hyaenodon neimongoliensis, Hyaenodon pervagus, Hyaenodon raineyi, Hyaenodon venturae, Hyaenodon vetus, Hyaenodon weilini, Hyaenodon yuanchuensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (10: Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
• Eocene of United States (8: Montana, Nebraska, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
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