Didolodus minor Simpson 1948 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Didolodontidae

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1948. The beginning of the age of mammals in South America. Part I. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 91:1-232

Belongs to Didolodus according to G. G. Simpson 1948

See also Gelfo 2010 and Simpson 1967

Sister taxa: Didolodus magnus, Didolodus multicuspis

Type specimen: AMNH 28473, a tooth (left M1). Its type locality is Cañadón Vaca, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Argentina (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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