Diplacodon
| Diplacodon | |
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| D. progressum | |
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Order: | Perissodactyla
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| Suborder: | Hippomorpha
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| Family: | |
| Genus: | †Diplacodon Marsh, 1875
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Diplacodon is a genus of prehistoric odd-toed ungulates in the family Brontotheriidae. It was the size of a rhinoceros, with the last two upper premolars molar-like.[1]
A new species, D. gigan, was described by Matthew C. Mihlbachler in 2011, from the United States.[2]
References[]
- ^ Lydekker (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 1018–1019.
- ^ Matthew C. Mihlbachler (2011). "A new uintan horned brontothere from Wyoming and the evolution of canine size and sexual dimorphism in the Brontotheriidae (Perissodactyla: Mammalia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 (1): 202–214. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.539653.
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Categories:
- Brontotheres
- Fossil taxa described in 1875