Temporal range: Early Eocene (Wasatchian-Bridgerian) ~55.4–46.2 Ma
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Diacodexis pakistanensis and Pakicetus inachus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Superfamily:
†Dichobunoidea
Family:
†Diacodexeidae Cope, 1882
Species
See text
Diacodexeidae is an extinct family of basal artiodactyl mammals from the Eocene of North America, Europe, and Asia. The family includes some of the earliest known artiodactyls, such as Diacodexis. They were small animals with short snouts, and closely related to the dichobunids, with which they were formerly classified.[1]
The following genera are recognised:[1]
† Family Diacodexeidae
Bunophorus (North America, Europe)
Diacodexis (North America, Europe, Asia)
Eolantianius (Kyrgyzstan)[2]
Gujaratia (India)
Neodiacodexis (Wyoming)
Simpsonodus (Colorado)
Tapochoerus (California)
^ abTheodor, Jessica M.; Erfurt, Jörg; Grégoire Métais (2007-10-23). "The earliest artiodactyls: Diacodexeidae, Dichobunidae, Homacodontidae, Leptochoeridae and Raoellidae". In Prothero, Donald R.; Foss, Scott E. (eds.). Evolution of Artiodactyls. Johns Hopkins University. pp. 32–58. ISBN 9780801887352.
^Averianov, A. (December 1996). "Artiodactyla from the Early Eocene of Kyrgyzstan" (PDF). Palaeovertebrata. 25 (2–4): 359–369. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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