Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich and H. A. Deutsch. 1989. Systematics and Evolution of Early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(13):327-391
Belongs to Prototomus according to P. D. Polly 1996
See also Gingerich and Deutsch 1989
Sister taxa: Prototomus deimos, Prototomus girardoti, Prototomus minimus, Prototomus multicuspis, Prototomus phobos, Prototomus robustus, Prototomus secundarius
Type specimen: Its type locality is FG-103, which is in a Wasatchian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (34: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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