Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Full reference: C. Estravís and D. E. Russell. 1989. Decouverte d'un nouveau Diacodexis (Artiocactyla, Mammalia) dans l'Eocène inférieur de Silveirinha, Portugal. Palaeovertebrata 19(1):29-44
Belongs to Diacodexis according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007
See also Estravís 2000
Sister taxa: Diacodexis corsaensis, Diacodexis gazini, Diacodexis gigasei, Diacodexis gracilis, Diacodexis ilicis, Diacodexis indicus, Diacodexis kelleyi, Diacodexis metsiacus, Diacodexis minutus, Diacodexis morrisi, Diacodexis parvus, Diacodexis primus, Diacodexis secans, Diacodexis varleti
Type specimen: SV3-338, a tooth. Its type locality is Silveirinha clay pit, which is in an Eocene crevasse splay conglomerate/siliciclastic in the Silveirinha Formation of Portugal.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection), Portugal (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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