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Diacodexeidae

Mammalia - Diacodexeidae

Discussion

Said to be a new rank of Gazin's subfamily Diacodexinae, but they retained that subfamily, too. A taxon cannot belong to itself, so I am recording this family as belonging to Krishtalka and Stucky (1985) [JDM]

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Diacodexeidae Krishtalka and Stucky
1996Diacodexeidae Erfurt and Sudre p. 375
2004Diacodexeidae Franzen p. 218
2007Diacodexeidae Theodor et al. p. 39
2010Diacodexeidae Kumar et al. p. 1247
2012Diacodexeidae Rose et al.

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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
familyDiacodexeidae

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.

Fm. †Diacodexeidae Krishtalka and Stucky 1985
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G. †Bunophorus Sinclair 1914
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†Bunophorus etsagicus Cope 1882
†Bunophorus grangeri Sinclair 1914
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Invalid names: Wasatchia dorseyana Sinclair 1914 [synonym], Wasatchia lysitensis Sinclair 1914 [synonym]
†Bunophorus pattersoni Krishtalka and Stucky 1986
†Bunophorus robustus Sinclair 1914
†Bunophorus sinclairi Guthrie 1966
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Invalid names: Bunophorus gazini Guthrie 1971 [synonym]
†Bunophorus sinclairi robinsoni Stucky and Krishtalka 1990
G. †Diacodexis Cope 1882
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†Diacodexis antunesi Estravís and Russell 1989
†Diacodexis corsaensis Checa 2004
†Diacodexis gazini Godinot 1978
†Diacodexis gigasei Smith 1996
†Diacodexis gracilis Krishtalka and Stucky 1985
†Diacodexis ilicis Gingerich 1989
†Diacodexis indicus Bajpai et al. 2005
†Diacodexis kelleyi Krishtalka and Stucky 1985
†Diacodexis metsiacus Cope 1882
†Diacodexis minutus Krishtalka and Stucky 1985
†Diacodexis morrisi Hooker 2010
†Diacodexis parvus Kumar et al. 2010
†Diacodexis primus Krishtalka and Stucky 1985
†Diacodexis secans Cope 1881
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Invalid names: Diacodexis laticuneus Cope 1882 [synonym], Diacodexis olseni Sinclair 1914 [synonym], Mioclaenus brachystomus Cope 1882 [synonym]
†Diacodexis varleti Sudre 1983
Invalid names: Trigonolestes Cope 1894 [synonym], Wasatchia Sinclair 1914 [synonym]
G. †Gujaratia Bajpai et al. 2005
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†Gujaratia pakistanensis Thewissen et al. 1983
G. †Jiangsudon Metais et al. 2008
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†Jiangsudon shanghuangensis Metais et al. 2008
G. †Magwetherium Ducrocq et al. 2016
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†Magwetherium burmense Ducrocq et al. 2016
G. †Neodiacodexis West and Atkins 1970
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†Neodiacodexis emryi West and Atkins 1970
G. †Simpsonodus Krishtalka and Stucky 1986
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†Simpsonodus chacensis Cope 1875
G. †Tapochoerus McKenna 1959
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†Tapochoerus egressus Stock 1934
†Tapochoerus mcmillini Walsh 2000
Invalid names: Bunophorinae Stucky and Krishtalka 1990 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Early/Lower Uintan or 55.80000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (457 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Diacodexis sp. (68174)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Diacodexeidae indet. (49051)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom Diacodexis sp. 1, Diacodexis sp. (87950)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Hainaut) Diacodexis gigasei (87947)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Aude) Diacodexis sp. (182641)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) Bunophorus cappettai, Diacodexis varleti (35535 35537) Bunophorus cappettai, Simpsonodus sp., Diacodexis varleti (35533) Diacodexis varleti (35540 181653)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Diacodexis gazini (179574)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Brabant) Diacodexis gigasei (35531)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Kyrgyzstan (Osh) Diacodexis sp., Diacodexeidae indet. (28490)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Diacodexis gigasei (178050)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Gujarat) Gujaratia pakistanensis, Gujaratia indica, Diacodexis parvus (55494)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Diacodexis morrisi (38868)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain (Lleida) Diacodexis sp. (142031)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Champagne-Ardenne) Diacodexis varleti (28546 73387)
Graybullian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Diacodexis metsiacus, Diacodexis robustus (15701) Diacodexis sp. (15875)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Bunophorus sinclairi (16000) Bunophorus sinclairi, Diacodexis olseni (15915) Bunophorus sinclairi, Diacodexis secans (15917 15950 15997) Bunophorus sinclairi, Diacodexis secans, Diacodexis olseni (16073) Bunophorus sp., Bunophorus sinclairi, Diacodexis minutus, Diacodexis secans (15930) Diacodexis sp., Bunophorus sinclairi, Diacodexis olseni (16078)
Lysitean55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Diacodexis metsiacus (15880)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Mississippi) Diacodexis sp. (15719)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) Bunophorus grangeri, Diacodexis metsiacus, Diacodexis chacensis (15663) Diacodexis metsiacus (15434 15712) Diacodexis metsiacus, Simpsonodus chacensis (15432) Diacodexis metsiacus, Wasatchia grangeri (15433) Diacodexis sp. (15441 15448) Simpsonodus chacensis (15444 15453) Wasatchia grangeri (15445)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3Mexico (Baja California) Diacodexis sp. (15671)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (North Dakota) Diacodexis sp. (15895)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Bunophorus macropternus (15327 15359 15649) Bunophorus robustus, Diacodexis metsiacus (15725 15887) Diacodexis chacensis (15385) Diacodexis kelleyi (15652) Diacodexis metsiacus (15222 15315 15360 15365 15367 15371 15377 15386 15391 15450 15485 15870) Diacodexis metsiacus, Diacodexis chacensis (15225) Diacodexis minutus, Bunophorus macropternus (15650) Diacodexis robustus (15277) Diacodexis secans (15224) Wasatchia grangeri (15369) Wasatchia pattersoni (15293 15310 15319 15328 15330 15338 15416) Wasatchia sinclairi (15413) Wasatchia sp. (15264 15272 15287 15349) Wasatchia sp., Diacodexis metsiacus (15480 15845 15873)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Bunophorus etsagicus (15906 15937 15983 46705) Bunophorus etsagicus, Bunophorus macropternus, Wasatchia lysitensis, Diacodexis metsiacus (15964) Bunophorus etsagicus, Diacodexis metsiacus (15532 15541 15542 15546 15549 15551 15553 15554 15555 15556 15694 15707 46734 46745 46820) Bunophorus etsagicus, Diacodexis metsiacus, Diacodexis robustus (15543 15544) Bunophorus etsagicus, Diacodexis secans (15710) Bunophorus grangeri (15899 186939 186941) Bunophorus grangeri, Diacodexis metsiacus (15482) Bunophorus grangeri, Diacodexis metsiacus, Diacodexis robustus (15576) Bunophorus grangeri, Diacodexis secans (186944 186946 186952) Bunophorus macropternus (15567 15941 15965 15975 15978 15988) Bunophorus macropternus, Bunophorus etsagicus, Diacodexis metsiacus (15558) Bunophorus macropternus, Diacodexis kelleyi (15927 15966 15973) Bunophorus macropternus, Diacodexis metsiacus (15560 15563 15564) Bunophorus macropternus, Diacodexis secans (15662) Bunophorus macropternus, Diacodexis secans, Bunophorus etsagicus, Diacodexis metsiacus (15557) Bunophorus macropternus, Diacodexis secans, Diacodexis metsiacus (15566) Bunophorus robustus (118482) Bunophorus sinclairi (15456 15992 16013) Bunophorus sinclairi, Diacodexis minutus, Diacodexis secans (15989) Bunophorus sinclairi, Diacodexis secans (15946 15948 15949 15954) Bunophorus sinclairi, Diacodexis secans, Diacodexis olseni (15942) Bunophorus small sp. (46755) Bunophorus small sp., Diacodexis metsiacus (46704 46849) Bunophorus sp. (15689) Bunophorus sp., Diacodexis metsiacus (15552 15559 15578) Bunophorus sp., Diacodexis metsiacus, Diacodexis robustus (15573 15575) Diacodexis ilicis (15759 15817) Diacodexis kelleyi (15928 15939 15940 15967 15971 15974 15976 15977 15980 16010) Diacodexis kellyi, Bunophorus etsagicus (15938) Diacodexis kellyi, Bunophorus macropternus (15981) Diacodexis metsiacus (15455 15491 15493 15495 15503 15504 15505 15507 15509 15510 15511 15512 15513 15514 15515 15516 15517 15518 15519 15536 15538 15540 15545 15547 15586 15587 15588 15589 15592 15594 15631 15683 15687 15688 15696 15699 15703 15704 15717 15723 15729 15756 15779 15793 15889 15912 15932 15933 16015 16017 16020 16024 16027 16032 16033 16055 46636 46640 46641 46642 46643 46644 46647 46648 46657 46659 46661 46672 46673 46680 46682 46683 46685 46686 46688 46690 46691 46692 46693 46694 46696 46697 46698 46699 46700 46701 46706 46707 46709 46712 46713 46714 46715 46718 46725 46726 46727 46728 46730 46731 46732 46733 46735 46736 46739 46743 46746 46748 46749 46756 46757 46759 46760 46761 46763 46766 46767 46768 46770 46772 46773 46775 46776 46780 46782 46785 46786 46787 46788 46791 46792 46793 46794 46795 46800 46803 46804 46805 46806 46808 46809 46810 46811 46813 46814 46815 46818 46819 46822 46826 46828 46830 46831 46834 46835 46837 46838 46843 46844 46845 46846 46848 168296) Diacodexis metsiacus, Bunophorus etsagicus (15548) Diacodexis metsiacus, Bunophorus etsagicus, Diacodexis robustus (15534) Diacodexis metsiacus, Diacodexis robustus (15520 15522 15531 15577 15692 15695 15697 15702 15705 46721 46729 46747 46753 46754 46765 46797 46798 46807 46821 46825 46839 46847) Diacodexis metsiacus, Wasatchia sp. (15934) Diacodexis olseni (15908 15910 15943) Diacodexis primus (15465 15466 15624 15625 15626 15633 15634 15637 15638 15641 16007) Diacodexis robustus, Diacodexis metsiacus (15523 15524) Diacodexis secans (15468 15471 15478 15486 15839 15851 15852 15922 15962 15993 186931 186933) Diacodexis secans, Diacodexis metsiacus (15565) Diacodexis sp. (15462 15724 15842 46646 46752) Diacodexis sp., Bunophorus etsagicus (46751) Diacodexis sp., Bunophorus macropternus (15454) Diacodexis sp., Bunophorus macropternus, Diacodexis robustus (15479) Diacodexis sp., Bunophorus sinclairi (27268)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Pakistan (Northwest Frontier) Diacodexis pakistanensis (51856)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Var) Diacodexis sp., Diacodexis gazini (35538)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Diacodexis pakistanensis (87961 87964)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Corbieres) Diacodexis gazini (92838)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Bunophorus etsagicus (15685) Bunophorus etsagicus, Diacodexis metsiacus (15684) Bunophorus large sp., Diacodexis metsiacus (15680) Diacodexis ilicis (154251 154253 154255 154260 154262 154264 154270 154271 154274 154276 154280 154286) Diacodexis metsiacus (15679 15690 15691 15693) Diacodexis robustus (15700)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Portugal (Região Centro) Diacodexis antunesi (79200)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Spain (Lleida) Diacodexis sp. (88345)
MP 1055.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) Diacodexis varleti (68440)
MP 1055.8 - 48.6Spain (Catalonia) Diacodexis sp. (182236)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) Diacodexis varleti (84997)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France Diacodexis varleti (182640)
Wasatchian - Bridgerian55.8 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Diacodexis secans (15669)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Bunophorus macropternus (16222 16240) Bunophorus sinclairi (16242)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Bunophorus sinclairi (16397 16415) Bunophorus sinclairi, Diacodexis minutus (16247) Bunophorus sinclairi, Diacodexis minutus, Diacodexis secans (16246) Bunophorus sp. (15668 15837) Bunophorus sp., Bunophorus sinclairi, Diacodexis minutus, Diacodexis olseni (16207) Diacodexis secans (16137 16183 16439 16504) Diacodexis secans, Diacodexis olseni (16388) Diacodexis sp. (16204) Neodiacodexis emryi (16244)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Diacodexis pakistanensis (28978)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Jammu and Kashmir) Diacodexis pakistanensis (31299) Diacodexis sp. (77524)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan (Northwest Frontier) Diacodexis pakistanensis (51857)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Jammu and Kasmir) Diacodexis pakistanensis (93699)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Diacodexis varleli (44999)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan Diacodexis sp. (95149)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) Diacodexis minutus (118469)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Jiangsu) Diacodexeidae indet., Jiangsudon shanghuangensis (37493) Jiangsudon shanghuangensis (175842)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Tapochoerus mcmillini (16695 16776)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Tapochoerus egressus (16553 16554) Tapochoerus mcmillini (16585 16781)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Hyopsodus egressus (16786) Tapochoerus egressus (16790 16791)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar Magwetherium burmense (41336)