Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. Descriptions of some new Vertebrata from the Bridger Group of the Eocene. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:460-465
Parent taxon: Mesonychinae according to X. Zhou et al. 1995
See also Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Cope 1880, Cope 1880, Gingerich 1998, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, McKenna and Bell 1997, Scott 1892, Szalay and Gould 1966 and Thewissen et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Ankalagon, Guilestes, Hukoutherium, Mongolestes, Mongolonyx, Yantanglestes
Subtaxa: Mesonyx dakotensis Mesonyx nuhetingensis Mesonyx obtusidens Mesonyx uqbulakensis
Type: Mesonyx obtusidens
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (4 collections), United States (12: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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