Hyopsodus minusculus Leidy 1873 (condylarth)

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358

Belongs to Hyopsodus according to H. F. Osborn 1902

See also Gazin 1968, Hay 1902, Leidy 1873, Matthew 1909 and West 1979

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Little Dry Creek, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (60: Utah, Wyoming collections)

Total: 60 collections each including a single occurrence

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