Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Didolodontidae
Synonyms: Argyrolambda conidens Ameghino 1904, Argyrolambda conulifera Ameghino 1904, Cephanodus colligatus Ameghino 1902, Didolodus colligatus Ameghino 1902, Didolodus conidens Ameghino 1904, Didolodus crassicuspis Ameghino 1901, Didolodus dispar Ameghino 1904, Didolodus latigonus Ameghino 1902, Lonchoconus lanceolatus Ameghino 1901, Nephacodus latigonus Ameghino 1902
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521
Belongs to Didolodus according to G. G. Simpson 1948
See also Ameghino 1897, Ameghino 1901, Ameghino 1902, Ameghino 1902, Ameghino 1904, Gelfo 2010 and Simpson 1967
Sister taxa: Didolodus magnus, Didolodus minor
Type specimens:
- Didolodus multicuspis: MACN 10690, a maxilla (left maxillary fragment with P2–M3 and alveoli of P1 and C). Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
- Argyrolambda conidens: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
- Argyrolambda conulifera:
- Didolodus colligatus: 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.
- Didolodus crassicuspis: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
- Didolodus dispar: Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
- Lonchoconus lanceolatus: 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.
- Nephacodus latigonus: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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