Dichobune leporina Cuvier 1822 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae

Belongs to Dichobune according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007

See also Luccisano et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Dichobune fraasi, Dichobune jehennei, Dichobune robertiana, Dichobune sigei

Type specimen: MNHN GY-655, a mandible (mandible with p2, p3, m3). Its type locality is Montmartre, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial horizon in France.

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Belgium (1 collection), France (1)

• Eocene of France (11), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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