Bunophorus sinclairi Guthrie 1966 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae

Synonym: Bunophorus gazini Guthrie 1971

Full reference: D. A. Guthrie. 1966. A new species of dichobunid artiodactyl from the early Eocene of Wyoming. Journal of Mammalogy 47(3):487-490

Belongs to Bunophorus according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007

See also Guthrie 1966, Guthrie 1971, Krishtalka and Stucky 1986, Stucky 1998 and Stucky and Krishtalka 1990

Sister taxa: Bunophorus etsagicus, Bunophorus grangeri, Bunophorus macropternus, Bunophorus pattersoni, Bunophorus robustus

Subtaxa: Bunophorus sinclairi robinsoni Bunophorus sinclairi sinclairi

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Type specimens:

  • Bunophorus sinclairi: PU 13448, a mandible (right ramus with P4 and M2-3, and a left ramus with P4 and M1-2). Its type locality is Davis Ranch, which is in a Bridgerian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone in the Wind River Formation of Wyoming.
  • Bunophorus gazini:

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (29: Colorado, Wyoming collections)

Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence

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