Epidolops

Extinct genus of South American metatherian

Epidolops
Temporal range: 58.7–57.0 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Polydolopimorphia
Family: Bonapartheriidae
Genus: Epidolops
Paula Couto, 1952
Species:
E. ameghinoi
Binomial name
Epidolops ameghinoi
Paula Couto, 1952

Epidolops is an extinct genus of polydolopimorphian metatherian that lived during the Paleogene in what is now South America. Epidolops fossils have been found in the Las Flores Formation of Argentina.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Epidolops". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
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Epidolops
Epidolops ameghinoi


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