Diplobunops
Extinct genus of merycoidodontoid artiodactyl
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Diplobunops is an extinct genus of merycoidodont ungulate that lived during the Eocene epoch.[1]
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| Diplobunops Temporal range: | |
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| Diplobunops matthewi – fossil mammal skull from the Eocene of Utah, USA | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Agriochoeridae |
| Genus: | †Diplobunops Peterson, 1919 |
| Type species | |
| Diplobunops matthewi Peterson, 1919 | |
| Other species | |
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Diplobunops crassus Scott, 1945 Diplobunops kardoula Emery et al., 2016 | |
Taxonomy
Diplobunops was described in 1919 but was later deemed a junior synonym of Agriochoerus. For a time assigned to the genus Agriochoerus, the species Diplobunops matthewi, the type species of Diplobunops, was reclassified into the genus Diplobunops in 2016 as the genus was revived.[2]
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