Bunophorus etsagicus Cope 1882

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae

Alternative combinations: Eohippus etsagicus, Eohyus etsagicus, Helohyus etsagicus, Hyracotherium etsagicus, Mioclaenus etsagicus, Pantolestes etsagicus, Systemodon etsagicus, Trigonolestes etsagicus

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 1962, Gingerich 1980, Granger 1908, Hay 1902, Matthew 1909, Sinclair 1914, Stirton 1940, Stucky 1998 and Stucky and Krishtalka 1990

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

Type specimen: AMNH 4698, a set of teeth (LP3-M3, RP3-M3)

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (14: Wyoming collections)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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