Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Third Notice Of Extinct Vertebrata From The Tertiary of the Plains. Paleontological Bulletin 16:1-8
Parent taxon: Herpetotheriidae according to L. M. Carneiro and E. V. Oliveira 2017
See also Cope 1879, Dawson and Constenius 2018, Eberle and Storer 1995, Engelman and Croft 2014, Galbreath 1953, Gazin 1976, Green and Martin 1976, Hay 1902, Hough 1961, Johanson 1996, Korth 1994, Korth et al. 2022, Krishtalka and Stucky 1983, Krishtalka and Stucky 1983, Lofgren et al. 2020, McKenna and Bell 1997, Ostrander 1987, Rose et al. 2012, Russell 1984, Sánchez-Villagra et al. 2007, Scott 1941, Simpson 1928, Williamson et al. 2012 and Wilson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Amphiperatherium, Asiadidelphis, Copedelphys, Galatiadelphys, Golerdelphys, Nortedelphys, Peratherium, Rumiodon, Swaindelphys, Thylacodon
Subtaxa: Herpetotherium fugax Herpetotherium innominatum Herpetotherium knighti Herpetotherium marsupium Herpetotherium merriami Herpetotherium valens Herpetotherium youngi
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: California, South Dakota collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (9: Florida, Nebraska, Texas)
• Arikareean of United States (15: California, Florida, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)
• Oligocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan), United States (35: Colorado, Florida, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of Canada (7: Saskatchewan), United States (120: California, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 193 collections including 230 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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