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Dichodon cervinus

Mammalia - Xiphodontidae

Taxonomy
Dichodon cervinus was named by Owen (1848). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Binstead, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial horizon in the Headon Hill Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. cervinum, D. vidalenci

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Dichodon cervinus Owen
1986Dichodon cervinus Hooker p. 413

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
superfamilyAnoplotherioideaBonaparte 1850
familyXiphodontidaeFlower 1883
genusDichodonOwen
speciescervinusOwen 1848

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.

†Dichodon cervinus Owen 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
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: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Legendre 1988

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

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Dichodon cervinus (39014)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Dichodon cervinus (type locality: 184758)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Dichodon cervinus (9070)