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Diplobune ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4834060	https://www.gbif.org/species/4834060
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	196726	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=196726

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Anoplotheriidae : Diplobune

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Anoplotheriidae : Diplobune

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Ungulata
order	Artiodactyla	Owen 1848
suborder	Tylopoda
superfamily	Anoplotherioidea	Bonaparte 1850
family	Anoplotheriidae	Gray 1821
subfamily	Anoplotheriinae	Gray 1821
genus	Diplobune	Rütimeyer 1862

Scientific Name

Diplobune Rütimeyer, 1862

Name Published In

N. Denkschr. Schweiz, Ges., Dec. 2, 4 (3)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Diplobune	genus	belongs to Anoplotheriinae	stated without evidence	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Diplobune	genus	belongs to Anoplotheriinae	stated with evidence	Erfurt and Metais, 2007

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Last Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Anoplotheriidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

folivore (based on Anoplotheriidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Diplobune bavarica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Diplobune minor ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Diplobune quercyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Diplobune secundaria ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	38.0 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Hyracodon Filhol, 1876	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Anoplotheriidae : *Hyracodon*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1862	Diplobune Rutimeyer p. 74
1873	Hyrocodon Filhol p. 88
1876	Hyracodon Filhol pp. 288-289
1877	Hyracodontherium Filhol pp. 153-156
1997	Diplobune McKenna and Bell p. 407
2007	Diplobune Erfurt and Metais p. 72
1862	Diplobune Rutimeyer p. 74
1873	Hyrocodon Filhol p. 88
1876	Hyracodon Filhol pp. 288-289

Year	Name and Author
1877	Hyracodontherium Filhol pp. 153-156
1997	Diplobune McKenna and Bell p. 407
2007	Diplobune Erfurt and Metais p. 72
1862	Diplobune Rutimeyer p. 74
1873	Hyrocodon Filhol p. 88
1876	Hyracodon Filhol pp. 288-289
1877	Hyracodontherium Filhol pp. 153-156
1997	Diplobune McKenna and Bell p. 407
2007	Diplobune Erfurt and Metais p. 72

References

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Erfurt J., Metais G. (2007) Endemic European Paleogene artiodactyls, Evolution of Artiodactyls, 59-84

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

N. Denkschr. Schweiz, Ges., Dec. 2, 4 (3) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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