Didolodus
Didolodus | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Family: | †Didolodontidae |
Genus: | †Didolodus Ameghino 1897 |
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Didolodus is an extinct genus of mammals from Middle Eocene Argentina. It is an ungulate mammal of uncertain affinities, possibly related to Litopterna, though this is uncertain due to the lack of reliable post-cranial remains, and for now remains Meridiungulata incertae sedis.[1] Its remains were found in the Sarmiento Formation of Patagonia.[2]
Didolodus probably was a quick-footed creature which probably lived like early ungulates such as Propalaeotherium, based on its highly similar teeth. It was around 60 centimetres (2.0 ft) in length, with short limbs and a long tail.[3]
Phylogeny
Cladogram after Gelfo and Sigé, 2011:[4]
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References
- ^ Javier Nicolás, The alleged astragalar remains of Didolodus Ameghino, 1897 (Mammalia, Panameriungulata) and a critic of isolated bone association models, 2012
- ^ Didolodus at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 246. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
- ^ Javier N. Gelfo and Bernard Sigé (2011). "A new didolodontid mammal from the late Paleocene–earliest Eocene of Laguna Umayo, Peru" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (4): 665–678. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0067.
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