Onychodectes tisonensis Cope 1888 (taeniodont)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Synonym: Onychodectes rarus Osborn and Earle 1895

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1888. Synopsis of the Vertebrate Fauna of the Puerco Series. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, 16(2):298-361

Belongs to Onychodectes according to E. D. Cope 1888

See also Hay 1902, Hunter 1997, Lucas et al. 1998 and Schoch 1986

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (6: Montana, New Mexico, Utah collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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