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Dichodon

Mammalia - Xiphodontidae

Taxonomy
Dichodon was named by Owen. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Artiodactyla by Owen (1848); and to Xiphodontidae by Hooker (1986), Carroll (1988), Erfurt and Metais (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Dichodon Owen p. 139
1986Dichodon Hooker p. 412
1988Dichodon Carroll
2007Dichodon Erfurt and Metais p. 74

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
superfamilyAnoplotherioideaBonaparte 1850
familyXiphodontidaeFlower 1883
genusDichodonOwen

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. †Dichodon Owen
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†Dichodon cartieri Rutimeyer 1891
†Dichodon cervinus Owen 1848
†Dichodon cuspidatus Owen 1847
†Dichodon frohnstettense von Meyer 1852
†Dichodon simplex Kowalevsky 1874
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 10 kgg
Minimum body mass: 10 kgg
Body mass estimate: 10 kg
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: folivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 09:09:30
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:07:35
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Legendre 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) D. ruetimeyeri, D. simplex (31723)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) D. sp., D. vidalenci (12840)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Castilla y Leon) D. sp. (40358)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) D. sp., D. cervinus (39014)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Canton de Vaud) D. sp. (182607)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland D. cervinum, D. subtile (31742)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) D. cartieri (31720 31721) D. ruetimeyeri, D. sp., D. simplex (31718)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Rhone-Alpes Region) D. lugdunense (31741)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) D. cervinum (31635 31755) D. frohnstettense (12842 31740 31764 31765)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) D. stehlini, D. frohnstettense (31747)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) D. cervinum (31724 31758 31761)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain D. cervinum (31750)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) D. cervinum, D. cuspidatum (31608) D. cuspidatus (39643) D. cuspidatus, D. cervinus (184758)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) D. cervinum (12853) D. sp. (12848)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) D. cervinum (31751)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) D. cervinum (12850)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) D. cervinum (39662) D. cervinus (9070) D. cuspidatus (40030)
MP 1837.2 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) D. sp. (12851)
MP 1937.2 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) D. cervinum, D. frohnstettense (31752)