Dichodon cervinus Owen 1848 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae

Belongs to Dichodon according to J. J. Hooker 1986

See also Erfurt and Metais 2007

Sister taxa: Dichodon cartieri, Dichodon cuspidatus, Dichodon frohnstettense, Dichodon frohnstettensis, Dichodon simplex

Type specimen: Its type locality is Binstead, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial horizon in the Headon Hill Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: ground dwelling folivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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