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Bunophorus grangeri

Mammalia - Diacodexeidae

Taxonomy
Wasatchia grangeri was named by Sinclair (1914). Its type specimen is AMNH 15516, a set of teeth (RP3-M2, LP4-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bunophorus grangeri by Lucas et al. (1981), Stucky and Krishtalka (1990), Theodor et al. (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Wasatchia dorseyana Sinclair
1914Wasatchia grangeri Sinclair
1914Wasatchia lysitensis Sinclair
1981Bunophorus dorseyanus Lucas and et al.
1981Bunophorus grangeri Lucas and et al.
1986Simpsonodus lysitensis Krishtalka and Stucky
1990Bunophorus grangeri Stucky and Krishtalka p. 160 fig. 4
2007Bunophorus grangeri Theodor et al. p. 40

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
familyDiacodexeidae
genusBunophorus
speciesgrangeri()

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.

†Bunophorus grangeri Sinclair 1914
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Invalid names: Wasatchia dorseyana Sinclair 1914 [synonym], Wasatchia lysitensis Sinclair 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. K. Stucky and L. Krishtalka 1990M 1_3 paraconid unreduced, unlike all other species of Bunophorus (except B. robustus); unlike B. robustus, P4 paraconid vestigial in most specimens; differs from B. macropternus and B. etsagicus in having a gracile, uninflated P4, and from B. macropternus in lacking lingually hyperinflated P4-M3 and a cingulid on M3; distinguished from B. sinclairi by lack of metaconid on P4, no hypocone or pericone on MH, and strong, complete cristid obliqua on M2_3; larger than B. robustus, B. pattersoni, B. macropternus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: herbivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:10:57
Modified: 2005-09-02 12:01:24
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Stucky 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Bunophorus etsagicus (15534 15548) Bunophorus grangeri (15482 15576 15899 186939 186941 186944 186946 186952) Wasatchia lysitensis (15964)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Wasatchia grangeri (15369)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) Bunophorus grangeri (15663) Wasatchia grangeri (15433 15445)