Alternative combinations: Petersonella media, Pleurocyon medius
Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1919. Report Upon the Material Discovered in the Upper Eocene of the Uinta Basin by Earl Douglas in the Years 1908-1909, and by O. A. Peterson in 1912. Annals of Carnegie Museum 12(2):40-168
Belongs to Simidectes according to E. P. Gustafson 1979
See also Coombs 1971 and Peterson 1919
Sister taxa: Simidectes magnus, Simidectes merriami
Type specimen: A.M.N.H. No. 1969, a mandible (fragment of a lower jaw with M1 in place). Its type locality is White River Pocket, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: California, Utah collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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