Bunophorus robustus Sinclair 1914 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae

Alternative combinations: Diacodexis robustus, Wasatchia robustus

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 1985, Krishtalka and Stucky 1986, Sinclair 1914 and Stucky and Krishtalka 1990

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

Type specimen: AMNH 15514, a set of teeth (left m2 - m3)

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (36: Colorado, Wyoming collections)

Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence

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