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DIACODEXIS
(de-ah-cpe-dex-iss)
Diacodexis
Named By: Edward Drinker Cope in 1882
Time Period: Early Eocene
Location: Across Eurasia and North America
Size: Up to 50 centimetres long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Hundreds of specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Artiodactyla | Dichobunidae |
Also known as: | Gujaratia | Trigonolestes |
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Diacodexis is an extinct genus of small herbivore mammal belonging to the family Dichobunidae which lived in North America, Europe and Asia from 55.4 mya--46.2 mya. and existing for approximately 9.2 million years.

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