Simidectes Stock 1933 (mesonychian)

Mammalia - Acreodi

Alternative spelling: Pleurocyon (Simidectes)

Synonym: Pleurocyon Peterson 1919

Full reference: C. Stock. 1933. A miacid from the Sespe Upper Eocene, California. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 19(5):481-486

Parent taxon: Mesonychoidea according to P. D. Gingerich 1982

See also Carroll 1988, Coombs 1971, Gustafson 1979, Hooker 1986, Peterson 1919, Stock 1933 and Wilson and Stevens 1986

Sister taxa: Andrewsarchidae, Hapalodectidae, Mesonychidae, Wyolestes, Wyolestidae

Subtaxa: Simidectes magnus Simidectes medius Simidectes merriami

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (13: California, Texas, Utah, Wyoming collections)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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