Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Alternative combination: Wasatchia pattersoni
Full reference: L. Krishtalka and R. K. Stucky. 1986. Early Eocene artiodactyls from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico, and the Piceance Basin, Colorado. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming Special Paper 3:183-196
Belongs to Bunophorus according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007
See also Krishtalka and Stucky 1986 and Stucky and Krishtalka 1990
Sister taxa: Bunophorus etsagicus, Bunophorus grangeri, Bunophorus macropternus, Bunophorus robustus, Bunophorus sinclairi
Type specimen: FMNH P26590, a set of teeth (right p4 - m3). Its type locality is Draw East into Distillary Draw, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the DeBeque Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (8: Colorado collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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