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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Diplacodon : Diplacodon elatus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Diplacodon : Diplacodon elatus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Diplacodon |
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| Scientific Name | Diplacodon elatus Marsh, 1875 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Diplacodon elatus | species | belongs to Diplacodon | stated without evidence | Marsh, 1875 | | Diplacodon elatus | species | nomen dubium Brontotheriinae | stated with evidence | Mader, 2000 | | Diplacodon elatus | species | belongs to Diplacodon | stated with evidence | Mihlbachler, 2008 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 46.2 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 46.2 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | browser (based on Brontotheriidae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | O. C. Marsh. 1875. Notice of new Tertiary mammals, IV. American Journal of Science 9(51):239-250 |
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| Marsh O. C. Notice of new Tertiary mammals, IV, American Journal of Science 9 51, 239-250 doi:10.2475/ajs.s3-9.51.239 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Peterson O. A. (1914) A new titanothere from the Uinta Eocene, Annals of Carnegie Museum 9 2, 29-52 |
| Osborn H. F. (1929) New Eurasiatic and American proboscideans, American Museum Novitates 393, 1-22 |
| Peterson O. A. (1934) New Titanotheres From the Uinta Eocene in Utah, Annals of Carnegie Museum 22 8, 351-361 |
| Lucas S. G. (1983) Protitanotherium (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Eocene Baca Formation, west-central New Mexico, New Mexico Journal of Science 23 2, 48-56 |
| Mader B. J. (1989) The Brontotheriidae: A Systematic Revision and Preliminary Phylogeny of North American Genera, The Evolution of Perissodactyls |
| Mader B. J. (2008) A species level revision of Bridgerian and Uintan brontotheres (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) exclusive of Palaeosyops, Zootaxa 1837, 1-85 |
| Mihlbachler M. C. (2008) Species taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography of the Brontotheriidae (Mammalia: Perissodactyla), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 311 1, 1-475 doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2008)501 |
| Mihlbachler M. C. (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 |
Diplacodon elatus ✝
