Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Full reference: M. C. McKenna. 1959. Tapochoerus, A Uintan Dichobunid Artiodactyl From The Sespe Formation Of California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 58(3):125-132
Parent taxon: Diacodexeidae according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007
See also Carroll 1988, Golz 1976, McKenna 1959, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Stucky 1998
Sister taxa: Bunophorinae, Bunophorus, Diacodexis, Gujaratia, Jiangsudon, Magwetherium, Neodiacodexis, Simpsonodus
Subtaxa: Tapochoerus egressus Tapochoerus mcmillini
Type: Hyopsodus egressus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (9: California collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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