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Dichobune leporina

Osteichthyes - Dichobunidae

Taxonomy
Dichobune leporina was named by Cuvier (1822). Its type specimen is MNHN GY-655, a mandible (mandible with p2, p3, m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Montmartre, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial horizon in France. It is the type species of Dichobune.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. cuspidatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Dichobune leporina Cuvier
2007Dichobune leporina Theodor et al. p. 45
2020Dichobune leporina Luccisano et al. p. 1635

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
genusDichobuneCuvier 1822
speciesleporinaCuvier 1822

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.

†Dichobune leporina Cuvier 1822
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 02:26:39
Modified: 2005-09-01 04:26:39
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Legendre 1988, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Blondel 1996

Age range: base of the MP 18 to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.71000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Dichobune leporina (9071 41652)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Dichobune leporina (31737)
MP 1837.71 - 33.9Spain (Basque County) Dichobune leporina (38817)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Ile-de-France Region) Dichobune leporina (type locality: 31739)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Dichobune leporina (31738)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dichobune leporina (12842 12843 12852 12854 31765)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Aquitaine Region) Dichobune leporina (31586)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Dichobune leporina (31607)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Dichobune leporina (31747)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dichobune leporina (31749)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Belgium Dichobune leporina (31748)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dichobune leporina (31583)