Biology:Antarctodolops
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Short description: Extinct genus of marsupial
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Class: | Mammalia
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| Genus: | †Antarctodolops
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| Antarctodolops dailyi Woodburne and Zinsmeister, 1984
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Eurydolops seymouriensis | |
Antarctodolops is an extinct genus of polydolopimorphian metatherian similar to, but not closely related to, the living shrew opossums.[2] It lived on Seymour Island, Antarctica in the Eocene.[3] Two species, Antarctodolops dailyi and Antarctodolops mesetaense, have been found. These species were different sizes, with A. mesetaense being the larger.[3]
References
- ↑ "Fossilworks:Antarctodolops". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=40068.
- ↑ Goin, Francisco J.; Candela, Adriana M.; Abello, M. Alejandra; Oliveira, Edison V. (2009). "Earliest South American paucituberculatans and their significance in the understanding of 'pseudodiprotodont' marsupial radiations". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155 (4): 867–884. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00471.x.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 L. Chornogubsky, F. J. Goin, and M. Reguero. 2009. A reassessment of Antarctic polydolopid marsupials (Middle Eocene, La Meseta Formation). Antarctic Science 21(3):285-297
Wikidata ☰ Q85741932 entry
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