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Dichobuninae

Mammalia - Dichobunidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Dichobuninae Turner p. 158
1997Dichobuninae McKenna and Bell p. 400
2007Dichobuninae Theodor et al. p. 45

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyDichobunoideaGill 1872
familyDichobunidaeGill 1872
subfamilyDichobuninaeTurner 1849
subfamilyDichobuninaeTurner 1849

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.

Subfm. †Dichobuninae Turner 1849
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G. †Aumelasia Sudre 1980
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†Aumelasia gabineaudi Sudre 1980
†Aumelasia maniai Erfurt and Haubold 1989
†Aumelasia menieli Sudre 1983
†Aumelasia sudrei Godinot et al. 2018
G. †Buxobune Sudre 1978
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†Buxobune daubreei Sudre 1978
G. †Dichobune Cuvier 1822
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†Dichobune fraasi Schlosser 1902
†Dichobune jehennei Brunet and Sudre 1980
†Dichobune leporina Cuvier 1822
†Dichobune robertiana Gervais 1848
†Dichobune sigei Sudre 1978
G. †Meniscodon Rütimeyer 1888
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†Meniscodon europaeum Rutimeyer 1888
†Meniscodon picteti Rutimeyer 1891
G. †Messelobunodon Franzen 1980
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†Messelobunodon ceciliensis Franzen and Krumbiegel 1980
†Messelobunodon schaeferi Franzen 1980
G. †Metriotherium Filhol 1882
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†Metriotherium mirabile Filhol 1882
†Metriotherium paulum Stehlin 1906
†Metriotherium sarelense Astruc et al. 2003
G. †Neufferia Franzen 1994
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†Neufferia manderscheidi Franzen 1994
G. †Protodichobune Lemoine 1891
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†Protodichobune hellmundi Godinot et al. 2018
†Protodichobune oweni Lemoine 1878
G. †Synaphodus Pomel 1848
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Invalid names: Dichobunini Turner 1849 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 3 kgg
Minimum body mass: 3 kgg
Body mass estimate: 3 kg
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: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Blondel 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Legendre 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the MP 26 or 55.80000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Champagne-Ardenne) Aumelasia menieli (28546) Protodichobune oweni, Aumelasia menieli (73387)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) Protodichobune oweni (181639) Protodichobune oweni, Aumelasia menieli (35539 35540 181653)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom Protodichobune sp. (87950)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Champagne Ardenne) Protodichobune oweni, Aumelasia menieli (177753)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Protodichobune oweni (183451)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Dichobune robertiana (182519)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Occitanie) Aumelasia sudrei, Protodichobune hellmundi (195457)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Dichobune robertiana, Cebochoerus ruetimeyeri (31717)
Sharamurunian56.0 - 37.71China (Henan) Dichobune sp. (41120)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Spain (Lleida) Protodichobune oweni (88345)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France Protodichobune oweni (182640)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Neufferia manderscheidi (24201)
MP 1448.6 - 40.4France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Dichobune robertiana (184174)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Buxobune sp., Messelobunodon ceciliensis (13322) Messelobunodon ceciliensis (45739) Protodichobune oweni (44999)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Dichobune robertiana (184468)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Alsace Region) Buxobune daubreei, Meniscodon europaeum (31609)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Dichobune robertiana, Meniscodon europaeum (31723)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Henan) Dichobune sp. (46193)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Dichobune robertiana (31721) Dichobune robertiana, Meniscodon europaeum (31720) Meniscodon picteti, Phenacodus europaeus (31718)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Dichobune robertiana (39014)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie Region) Meniscodon europaeum (31584)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Rhone-Alpes Region) Dichobune robertiana, Meniscodon europaeum (31741)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Barcelona) Dichobune new species (182220) D. gen. et sp. nov. (182219)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Switzerland (Solothurn) Dichobune fraasi (31746)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Dichobune leporina (31738)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Aquitaine Region) Dichobune leporina (31586) Dichobune sp. (31754)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dichobune leporina (12842 12843 12852 12854 31765) Dichobune sigei (31745)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dichobune leporina (31749)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Dichobune leporina (31607) Dichobune sp. (39643)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Dichobune leporina (31747)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Ile-de-France Region) Dichobune leporina (31739)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Dichobune leporina (31737)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Dichobune cuspidatus (40028) Dichobune leporina (9071 41652)
MP 1837.2 - 33.9Spain (Basque County) Dichobune leporina (38817)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Belgium Dichobune leporina, Dichobune fraasi (31748)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Germany Dichobune fraasi (36984)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dichobune leporina (31583)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France Dichobune jehennei (183452)
MP 2433.9 - 28.4France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Metriotherium mirabile (182658)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03Spain (Cuenca) Metriotherium mirabile (184097)
MP 2628.4 - 23.03France (Occitanie) Metriotherium sarelense (183674)