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Protodichobune hellmundi

Mammalia - Dichobunidae

Taxonomy
Protodichobune hellmundi was named by Godinot et al. (2018) [authorship should be attributed solely to Erfurt]. Its type specimen is MNHN.RZ 120, a mandible (mandible with p2-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rouzilhac, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian coarse channel fill sandstone/siltstone in the Molasse de Carcassonne Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Protodichobune hellmundi Godinot et al. p. 236 figs. 18b-c, 21i-n, 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
specieshellmundi

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 hellmundi Godinot et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilep
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, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Blondel 1996, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03France (Occitanie) Protodichobune hellmundi (type locality: 195457)