†Didymoconus colgatei Matthew and Granger 1924 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Didymoconida

Synonym: Tshelkaria robusta Gromova 1960

Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1924. New Carnivora from the Tertiary of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 104:1-9

Belongs to Didymoconus according to W. D. Matthew and W. Granger 1924

See also Morlo and Nagel 2002

Sister taxa: Didymoconus gromovae, Didymoconus rostrata

Type specimens:

  • Didymoconus colgatei: AMNH 19124, a skull (Skull and jaws). Its type locality is Loh, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia.
  • Tshelkaria robusta:

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Mongolia (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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