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†family Dichobunidae Gill 1872 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae

Parent taxon: Dichobunoidea according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007

See also Carroll 1988, Colbert 1938, Cope 1889, Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958, Gingerich et al. 1979, Gregory 1910, Hooker 1986, Jaekel 1911, Kondrashov et al. 2004, McKenna and Bell 1997, Metais et al. 2004, Ranga Rao 1972, Sahni and Khare 1971, Scott 1913, Thewissen et al. 2001 and Vislobokova 2004

Sister taxa: Acoessus, Cebochoeridae, Helohyidae, Homacodontidae, Leptochoeridae, Mixtotheriidae, Raoellidae

Subtaxa: Aksyiria Cadutherium Chorlakkia Diacodexinae Dichobuninae Dulcidon Eurodexeinae Haqueina Helohyinae Hyperdichobuninae Lantianiinae Mioachoerus Neochorlakkia Pakibune Paraphenacodus Wutuhyus

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Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Belgium (1 collection), France (4), Germany (1), Spain (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of China (1)

• Eocene of China (5), France (43), Germany (4), India (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mongolia (1), Myanmar (3), Pakistan (2), Spain (5), Switzerland (9), the United Kingdom (8), United States (15: California, Colorado, Nebraska, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 105 collections including 158 occurrences

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