Umayodus raimondi Gelfo and Sigé 2011 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Didolodontidae

Full reference: J. N. Gelfo and B. Sigé. 2011. A new didolodontid mammal from the late Paleocene–earliest Eocene of Laguna Umayo, Peru. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(4):665-678

Belongs to Umayodus according to J. N. Gelfo and B. Sigé 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LU3−801, a tooth (Right m3). Its type locality is Laguna Umayo LU-3 level, which is in a Thanetian/Ypresian lacustrine conglomerate/sandstone in the Muñani Formation of Peru.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Laguna Umayo LU-3 level

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