Epidolops
Appearance
| Epidolops Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| 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 monotypic genus of polydolopimorphian metatherian that lived during the Paleogene in what is now South America.
Distribution
[edit]Epidolops ameghinoi is known from the Itaboraí fossil site of Brazil.[1] Epidolops fossils have also been found in the Las Flores Formation of Argentina.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Bergqvist, Lílian Paglarelli; Carneiro, Leonardo M.; Zanesco, Tábata; Castro, Luis Otávio Resende; de Oliveira, João Alves (27 November 2024). "Revisiting old data to unveil the history and age of the Itaboraí Basin fossil mammals". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 31 (4). doi:10.1007/s10914-024-09738-z. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 13 April 2026 – via Springer Nature Link.
- ↑ "Epidolops". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 25 November 2023.