Dichodon cuspidatus Owen 1847 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae

Belongs to Dichodon according to J. Erfurt and G. Metais 2007

See also Hooker 1986 and Owen 1857

Sister taxa: Dichodon cartieri, Dichodon cervinus, Dichodon frohnstettense, Dichodon frohnstettensis, Dichodon simplex

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hordle Cliff Crocodile Bed, Hampshire, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Headon Beds Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: ground dwelling folivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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