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Dichobune
Taxonomy
Dichobune was named by Cuvier (1822). It is not extant. Its type is Dichobune leporina.
It was assigned to Rhinocerotina by Gray (1825); to Ruminantia by Owen (1848); to Dichobunidae by Cope (1882), Hooker (1986) and Carroll (1988); to Dichobunini by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Dichobuninae by Theodor et al. (2007) and Luccisano et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Rhinocerotina by Gray (1825); to Ruminantia by Owen (1848); to Dichobunidae by Cope (1882), Hooker (1986) and Carroll (1988); to Dichobunini by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Dichobuninae by Theodor et al. (2007) and Luccisano et al. (2020).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1822 | Dichobune Cuvier |
| 1825 | Dolichotuna Gray p. 342 |
| 1848 | Dichobune Owen p. 139 |
| 1882 | Dichobune Cope |
| 1986 | Dichobune Hooker p. 376 |
| 1988 | Dichobune Carroll |
| 1997 | Dichobune McKenna and Bell p. 400 |
| 2007 | Dichobune Theodor et al. p. 45 |
| 2020 | Dichobune Luccisano et al. p. 1635 |
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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. †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
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| V. Luccisano et al. 2020 | (following Theodor et al. 2007). Medium- sized dichobunids with slightly elongated skull.
Neurocranium rounded, orbits large and sub-central. Mastoid well developed, tympanic bulla unossified. Upper molars quadratic, bunodont, buccal cusps crested. M1/ and M2/ with strong hypocone and preprotocrista, including a paraconule. Postprotocrista absent. Lower molars with rounded lingual cuspids, slightly crested buccal cuspids; talonid basin is lingually open, lacks a preentocristis. M/1 and M/2 distal cingulid bears a hypoconulid. All premolars display a paraconid and hypoconid; P/4 a lingual metaconid; P/2 mesial and dis- tal diastemata. |