Paradoxodon Scott 1892 (placental)

Mammalia - Acreodi - Oxyclaenidae

Full reference: W. B. Scott. 1892. A revision of the North American Creodonta with notes on some genera which have been referred to that group. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 44:291-323

Parent taxon: Oxyclaenidae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hay 1902, McKenna and Bell 1997, Van Valen 1967 and Van Valen 1978

Sister taxa: Deltatherium, Epichriacus, Khashanagale, Prothryptacodon

Subtaxa: none

Type: Chriacus ruetimeyerianus

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Paradoxodon in the database

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