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| Diacodexis | |
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| Diacodexis pakistanensis and Pakicetus inachus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Diacodexeidae |
| Genus: | †Diacodexis Cope, 1882 |
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Diacodexis is an extinct genus of small herbivorous mammals belonging to the family Diacodexeidae[1][2][3] that lived in North America, Europe and Pakistan from 55.4 mya to 46.2 mya and existing for approximately 9.2 million years.
- ^ Orliac, M.J.; Benoit, J.; O'Leary, M.A. (November 2012). "The inner ear of Diacodexis, the oldest artiodactyl mammal". Journal of Anatomy. 21 (5): 417–426. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7580.2012.01562.x. PMC 3482349. PMID 22938073.
- ^ Theodor, Jessica M.; Erfurt, Jörg; Grégoire Métais (2007-10-23). "The earliest artiodactyls: Diacodexeidae, Dichobunidae, Homacodontidae, Leptochoeridae and Raoellidae". In Prothero, Donald R.; Foss, Scott E. (eds.). Evolution of Artiodactyls. Johns Hopkins University. pp. 32–58. ISBN 9780801887352.
- ^ Boivin, M.; Orliac, M.J.; et al. (September 2018). "New material of Diacodexis (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the early Eocene of Southern Europe" (PDF). Geobios. 51 (4): 285–306. Bibcode:2018Geobi..51..285B. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2018.06.003. S2CID 134967454.