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Protodichobune oweni

Mammalia - Dichobunidae

Taxonomy
Protodichobune oweni was named by Lemoine (1878). Its type specimen is MNHN Al 5232, a mandible (mandible with p2-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Protodichobune oweni Lemoine
1996Protodichobune oweni Erfurt and Sudre p. 377
2000Protodichobune oweni Sudre and Lecomte p. 416
2007Protodichobune oweni Theodor et al. p. 46

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyDichobunoideaGill 1872
familyDichobunidaeGill 1872
subfamilyDichobuninaeTurner 1849
genusProtodichobuneLemoine 1891
speciesoweniLemoine 1878

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Protodichobune oweni Lemoine 1878
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 06:18:28
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:18:28
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Blondel 1996

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Lutetian or 55.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Champagne-Ardenne) Protodichobune oweni (73387)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Protodichobune oweni (183451)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) Protodichobune oweni (35539 35540 181639 181653)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Champagne Ardenne) Protodichobune oweni (177753)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Spain (Lleida) Protodichobune oweni (88345)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France Protodichobune oweni (182640)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Protodichobune oweni (44999)