Ischnognathus savagei Stovall 1948 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Full reference: J. W. Stovall. 1948. Chadron vertebrate fossils from below the Rim Rock of Presidio County, Texas. American Journal of Science 246(2):75-95

Belongs to Ischnognathus according to G. F. Gunnell 1998

See also Gustafson 1986, Stovall 1948 and Van Valen 1966

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Big Red Horizon (Main Fossil Level), which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Chambers Tuff Formation of Texas

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Big Red Horizon (Main Fossil Level)

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