Diacodexis ilicis Gingerich 1989 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae

Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1989. New earliest Wasatchian mammalian fauna from the Eocene of northwestern Wyoming: composition and diversity in a rarely sampled high-floodplain assemblage. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 28:1-97

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

See also Gingerich 1989 and Rose et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Diacodexis antunesi, Diacodexis corsaensis, Diacodexis gazini, Diacodexis gigasei, Diacodexis gracilis, Diacodexis indicus, Diacodexis kelleyi, Diacodexis metsiacus, Diacodexis minutus, Diacodexis morrisi, Diacodexis parvus, Diacodexis primus, Diacodexis secans, Diacodexis varleti

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (14: Wyoming collections)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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