Mammalia - Polydolopimorphia - Polydolopidae
Alternative combination: Polydolops primulus
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Notices préliminaires sur des mammifères nouveaux des terrains Crétacé de Patagonie {preliminary notes on new mammals from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:5-70
Belongs to Pliodolops according to L. Chornogubsky 2020
See also Ameghino 1902, Marshall 1982 and Simpson 1948
Sister taxa: Polydolops clavulus, Polydolops crassus, Polydolops serra, Polydolops tetragonus, Polydolops thomasi, Polydolops unicus, Pliodolops winecage, Pliodolops rothi, Pliodolops kamektsen
Type specimen: MACN 10353, a maxilla. Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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