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Diacodon
Taxonomy
Diacodon was named by Cope (1875). Its type is Diacodon alticuspis.
It was assigned to Insectivora by Cope (1875); to Leptictidae by Hay (1902); to Leptictinae by Hay (1930) and Van Valen (1967); and to Erinaceomorpha by Novacek et al. (1985) and Gunnell et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Insectivora by Cope (1875); to Leptictidae by Hay (1902); to Leptictinae by Hay (1930) and Van Valen (1967); and to Erinaceomorpha by Novacek et al. (1985) and Gunnell et al. (2008).
Species
D. alticuspis (type species), D. puercensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1875 | Diacodon Cope p. 11 |
| 1902 | Diacodon Hay p. 740 |
| 1930 | Diacodon Hay p. 431 |
| 1967 | Diacodon Van Valen |
| 1985 | Diacodon Novacek et al. p. 17 |
| 2008 | Diacodon Gunnell et al. |
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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.
G. †Diacodon Cope 1875
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†Diacodon alticuspis Cope 1875
†Diacodon puercensis Matthew 1918
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Wasatchian or 61.70000 to 50.30000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torrejonian | USA (Wyoming) | Prodiacodon puercensis (14886) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (New Mexico) | Prodiacodon puercensis (14815 14833 14859 14893) Prodiacodon sp. (14816) | |
| Ti1 | Canada (Alberta) | Prodiacodon puercensis (14939) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Prodiacodon puercensis (198262 198264) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Colorado) | D. alticuspis (15225) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (New Mexico) | D. alticuspis (15449) |