Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Alternative combination: Esthonyx miticulus
Belongs to Hyopsodus according to P. D. Gingerich and G. F. Gunnell 1979
See also Cope 1875, Gazin 1968, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Matthew 1915, Osborn 1902 and Redline 1997
Sister taxa: Hyopsodus despiciens, Hyopsodus fangxianensis, Hyopsodus fastigatus, Hyopsodus huashigouensis, Hyopsodus itinerans, Hyopsodus latidens, Hyopsodus lepidus, Hyopsodus loomisi, Hyopsodus lysitensis, Hyopsodus markmani, Hyopsodus marshi, Hyopsodus mentalis, Hyopsodus minor, Hyopsodus minusculus, Hyopsodus paulus, Hyopsodus pauxillus, Hyopsodus powellianus, Hyopsodus pygmaeus, Hyopsodus sholemi, Hyopsodus simplex, Hyopsodus tonksi, Hyopsodus uintensis, Hyopsodus walcottianus, Hyopsodus wardi, Hyopsodus wortmani
Type specimen: Its type locality is Almagre Arroyo (Cope), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the San Jose Formation of New Mexico
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (9: New Mexico, Wyoming collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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