Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Alternative combination: Phenacodus macropternus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1882. Contributions to the history of the Vertebrata of the lower Eocene of Wyoming and New Mexico, made during 1881. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 20(111):139-197
Belongs to Bunophorus according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007
See also Cope 1882, Gazin 1952, Hay 1902, Sinclair 1914, Stucky and Krishtalka 1990 and Thewissen 1990
Sister taxa: Bunophorus etsagicus, Bunophorus grangeri, Bunophorus pattersoni, Bunophorus robustus, Bunophorus sinclairi
Type specimen: AMNH 4395, a set of teeth (R M1-2)
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (20: Wyoming collections)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.