Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Synonyms: Trigonolestes Cope 1894, Wasatchia Sinclair 1914
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1882. Two new genera of Mammalia from the Wasatch Eocene. American Naturalist 16(12):1029
Parent taxon: Diacodexeidae according to K. D. Rose et al. 2012
See also Boisserie et al. 2005, Carroll 1988, Erfurt and Sudre 1996, Gazin 1955, Hay 1902, Krishtalka and Stucky 1985, Krishtalka and Stucky 1986, Kumar et al. 2010, Matthew 1915, McKenna and Bell 1997, Scott 1913, Sinclair 1914, Spaulding et al. 2009, Stucky 1998, Stucky and Krishtalka 1990, Theodor et al. 2007, Thewissen et al. 1987, Thewissen et al. 2001, Thewissen et al. 2001 and Van Valen 1971
Sister taxa: Bunophorinae, Bunophorus, Gujaratia, Jiangsudon, Magwetherium, Neodiacodexis, Simpsonodus, Tapochoerus
Subtaxa: Diacodexis antunesi Diacodexis corsaensis Diacodexis gazini Diacodexis gigasei Diacodexis gracilis Diacodexis ilicis 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 Belgium (2 collections), France (16), Germany (1), India (2), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), Portugal (1), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (364: Colorado, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 394 collections including 400 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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