Mesonyx obtusidens Cope 1872 (condylarth)

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

Belongs to Mesonyx according to J. L. Wortman 1902

See also Cope 1872, Hay 1902 and Scott 1888

Sister taxa: Mesonyx dakotensis, Mesonyx nuhetingensis, Mesonyx uqbulakensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cottonwood Creek (Lower Bridger), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (8: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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