Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Alternative combinations: Pantolestes metsiacus, Trigonolestes metsiacus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1882. Contributions to the history of the Vertebrata of the lower Eocene of Wyoming and New Mexico, made during 1881. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 20(111):139-197
Belongs to Diacodexis according to L. Krishtalka and R. K. Stucky 1985
See also Cope 1882, Delson 1971, Hay 1902, McKenna 1960, Rose 1982 and Sinclair 1914
Sister taxa: Diacodexis antunesi, Diacodexis corsaensis, Diacodexis gazini, Diacodexis gigasei, Diacodexis gracilis, Diacodexis ilicis, Diacodexis indicus, Diacodexis kelleyi, Diacodexis minutus, Diacodexis morrisi, Diacodexis parvus, Diacodexis primus, Diacodexis secans, Diacodexis varleti
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (176: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming collections)
Total: 176 collections each including a single occurrence
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