†Hukoutherium Chow et al. 1973 (condylarth)
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Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Full reference: M. M. Chow, Y.-P. Chang, B.-Y. Wang and S.-Y. Ting. 1973. New mammalian genera and species from the Paleocene of Nanhsiung, N. Kwangtung. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 11(1):31-35
Parent taxon: Mesonychinae according to X. Zhou et al. 1995
See also Carroll 1988, Chow et al. 1973, Chow et al. 1977, Gingerich 1998, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Qi and Huang 1982
Sister taxa: Ankalagon, Guilestes, Mesonyx, Mongolestes, Mongolonyx, Yantanglestes
Subtaxa: Hukoutherium ambigum Hukoutherium shimemensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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