Hyopsodus itinerans Godinot 1978 (condylarth)

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Full reference: M. Godinot. 1978. Diagnoses de trois nouvelles especes de mammiferes du Sparnacien de Provence. Compte rendu sommaire des seances de la Societe geologique de France 1978(6):286-288

Belongs to Hyopsodus according to M. Godinot 1978

Sister taxa: Hyopsodus despiciens, Hyopsodus fangxianensis, Hyopsodus fastigatus, Hyopsodus huashigouensis, Hyopsodus latidens, Hyopsodus lepidus, Hyopsodus loomisi, Hyopsodus lysitensis, Hyopsodus markmani, Hyopsodus marshi, Hyopsodus mentalis, Hyopsodus minor, Hyopsodus minusculus, Hyopsodus miticulus, Hyopsodus paulus, Hyopsodus pauxillus, Hyopsodus powellianus, Hyopsodus pygmaeus, Hyopsodus sholemi, Hyopsodus simplex, Hyopsodus tonksi, Hyopsodus uintensis, Hyopsodus walcottianus, Hyopsodus wardi, Hyopsodus wortmani

Type specimen: RI 279, a tooth (left M2). Its type locality is Rians, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Lignites de Soissonais Formation of France.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Rians

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