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Neodiacodexis
Taxonomy
Neodiacodexis was named by West and Atkins (1970) [Attributed to exclusively Atkins: "The artiodactyl [Neodiacodexis emryi] maxilla is described by Atkins, and the remainder of the paper is by West."]. Its type is Neodiacodexis emryi.
It was assigned to Diacodexeinae by Erfurt and Sudre (1996); to Diacodexinae by West and Atkins (1970) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Antiacodontinae by Carroll (1988) and Stucky (1998); and to Diacodexeidae by Theodor et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Diacodexeinae by Erfurt and Sudre (1996); to Diacodexinae by West and Atkins (1970) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Antiacodontinae by Carroll (1988) and Stucky (1998); and to Diacodexeidae by Theodor et al. (2007).
Species
N. emryi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1970 | Neodiacodexis West and Atkins p. 16 |
| 1988 | Neodiacodexis Carroll |
| 1996 | Neodiacodexis Erfurt and Sudre p. 375 |
| 1997 | Neodiacodexis McKenna and Bell p. 401 |
| 1998 | Neodiacodexis Stucky p. 365 |
| 2007 | Neodiacodexis Theodor et al. p. 41 |
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G. †Neodiacodexis West and Atkins 1970
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†Neodiacodexis emryi West and Atkins 1970
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. M. West and E. G. Atkins 1970 | M:edium-sized artiodactyl, probably closely related to Diacodexis and Tapochoerus. P4 with two large, sharp cusps, slightly flat- tened labiolingually. Ml and M2 tritubercular; metacone and paracone co-equal in size, conical, sharp and high; paraconule and metaconule well developed, and relatively independent of the major cones; metaconule not hypertrophied; mesostyle present; cingulum interrupted lingually by rugose enamel, and tends to develop small cuspules. |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | N. emryi (16244) |