Biology:Didolodus
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (4): 665–678. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0067. http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100067.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q2636833 entry