Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Alternative combination: Wasatchia grangeri
Synonyms: Bunophorus dorseyanus Sinclair 1914, Simpsonodus lysitensis Sinclair 1914, Wasatchia dorseyana Sinclair 1914, Wasatchia lysitensis Sinclair 1914
Full reference: W. J. Sinclair. 1914. A revision of the bunodont artiodactyla of the Middle and Lower Eocene of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33(21):267-295
Belongs to Bunophorus according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007
See also Krishtalka and Stucky 1986, Sinclair 1914, Stucky 1998 and Stucky and Krishtalka 1990
Sister taxa: Bunophorus etsagicus, Bunophorus macropternus, Bunophorus pattersoni, Bunophorus robustus, Bunophorus sinclairi
Type specimens:
- Bunophorus grangeri: AMNH 15516, a set of teeth (RP3-M2, LP4-M3)
- Wasatchia dorseyana:
- Wasatchia lysitensis:
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (15: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming collections)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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