Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Parent taxon: Mesonychidae according to F. Solé et al. 2018
See also Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Gingerich 1998, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Matthew 1909, McKenna and Bell 1997, O'Leary and Rose 1995, Scott 1892, Szalay and Gould 1966, Thewissen et al. 2001 and Zhou et al. 1995
Sister taxa: Dissacus, Dissacusium, Hapalodectinae, Harpagolestes, Hessolestes, Honanodon, Jiangxia, Lohoodon, Mesonychinae, Metahapalodectes, Olsenia, Plagiocristodon, Sinonyx, Synoplotherium
Subtaxa: Pachyaena gigantea Pachyaena gracilis Pachyaena nemegetica Pachyaena ossifraga
Type: Pachyaena ossifraga
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), China (1), France (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (61: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of China (3), Mongolia (1), United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 71 collections including 75 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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