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Bunophorus

Mammalia - Diacodexeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Bunophorus Sinclair
1955Bunophorus Gazin p. 44
1988Bunophorus Carroll
1990Bunophorus Stucky and Krishtalka
1997Bunophorus McKenna and Bell p. 401
2007Bunophorus 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

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. †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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Stucky 1998, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Graybullian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (150 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) B. cappettai (35533 35535 35537)
Graybullian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Diacodexis robustus (15701)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) B. sinclairi (15915 15917 15950 15997 16000 16073 16078) B. sp., B. sinclairi (15930)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) B. grangeri (15663) Wasatchia grangeri (15433 15445)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) B. macropternus (15327 15359 15649 15650) B. robustus (15725 15887) Wasatchia grangeri (15369) Wasatchia pattersoni (15293 15310 15319 15328 15330 15338 15416) Wasatchia sinclairi (15413) Wasatchia sp. (15264 15272 15287 15349 15480 15845 15873)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) B. etsagicus (15532 15541 15542 15546 15548 15549 15551 15553 15554 15555 15556 15694 15707 15710 15906 15937 15938 15983 46705 46734 46745 46751 46820) B. etsagicus, B. macropternus, Wasatchia lysitensis (15964) B. etsagicus, Diacodexis robustus (15534 15543 15544) B. grangeri (15482 15899 186939 186941 186944 186946 186952) B. grangeri, Diacodexis robustus (15576) B. macropternus (15454 15560 15563 15564 15566 15567 15662 15927 15941 15965 15966 15973 15975 15978 15981 15988) B. macropternus, B. etsagicus (15557 15558) B. macropternus, Diacodexis robustus (15479) B. robustus (118482) B. sinclairi (15456 15942 15946 15948 15949 15954 15989 15992 16013 27268) B. small sp. (46704 46755 46849) B. sp. (15552 15559 15578 15689) B. sp., Diacodexis robustus (15573 15575) Diacodexis robustus (15520 15522 15523 15524 15531 15577 15692 15695 15697 15702 15705 46721 46729 46747 46753 46754 46765 46797 46798 46807 46821 46825 46839 46847) Wasatchia sp. (15934)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) B. etsagicus (15684 15685) B. large sp. (15680) Diacodexis robustus (15700)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) B. sinclairi (16246 16247 16397 16415) B. sp. (15668 15837) B. sp., B. sinclairi (16207)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) B. macropternus (16222 16240) B. sinclairi (16242)