Patriofelis leidyanus Osborn and Wortman 1892 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Alternative combinations: Aelurotherium leidyana, Aelurotherium leidyanum

Belongs to Patriofelis according to W. B. Scott 1892

See also Denison 1938, Gazin 1957, Gunnell 1998, Hay 1902 and Matthew 1909

Sister taxa: Patriofelis ferox, Patriofelis ulta, Aelurotherium latidens, Aelurotherium bicuspis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Patriofelis leidyanus in the database

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