Diadiaphorus

Diadiaphorus is an extinct genus of litoptern mammal from the Miocene of Argentina (Ituzaingó, Pinturas, Chiquimil and Santa Cruz Formations) and Bolivia (Nazareno Formation), South America.

Diadiaphorus
Diadiaphorus robustus skull
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Litopterna
Family: Proterotheriidae
Subfamily: Proterotheriinae
Genus: Diadiaphorus
Ameghino, 1887
Type species
Diadiaphorus majusculus
Ameghino, 1887
Species
  • D. caniadensis
  • D. majusculus Ameghino, 1887
  • D. paranensis
  • D. sanctaecrucis
  • D. velox
Synonyms
Genus synonymy
  • Bunodontherium
    Mercerat, 1891
D. majusculus
  • Bunodontherium majusculum
    Mercerat, 1891
  • Diadiaphorus diplinthus
    Ameghino, 1894
  • Diadiaphorus robustus
    Ameghino, 1894
  • Diadiaphorus coelops
    Ameghino, 1904
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