†Dichodon cuspidatus Owen 1847 (even-toed ungulate)
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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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