Didolodus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Template:Automatic Taxobox

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 Script error: No such module "convert". in length, with short limbs and a long tail.[3]

Phylogeny

Cladogram after Gelfo and Sigé, 2011:[4]

Script error: No such module "Clade".

References

Script error: No such module "Portal".

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. Javier Nicolás, The alleged astragalar remains of Didolodus Ameghino, 1897 (Mammalia, Panameriungulata) and a critic of isolated bone association models, 2012
  2. Didolodus at Fossilworks.org
  3. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Meridiungulata Template:Taxonbar


Template:Asbox