Neodolodus colombianus Hoffstetter and Soria 1986 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Dimensions (mm). - Length x width ant. (Trigonide) x post width. (Talonide): P3 8.2 x 4.2 x 4.5: P4b 7.5 x 5.2 x 5.6; M1 6.5 x 5.4 x 5.8; M, 7.5 x 6.2 x 6.5; M3 8.0 x 6.0 x 5.6. Length P3-M1 41.7.

Alternative combinations: Lambdaconus colombianus, Prothoatherium colombianus

Full reference: R. Hoffstetter and M. Soria. 1986. Neodolodus colombianus gen. et sp. nov. un noveau Condylarthre (Mammalia) dans le Miocène de Colombie. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences 303(II-17):1619-1622

Belongs to Neodolodus according to A. McGrath et al. 2020

See also Carrillo et al. 2018, Cifelli and Guerrero 1989 and Hoffstetter and Soria 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN VIV 9, a mandible (Right hemimandibular fragment, with P3-M3 in place)

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Colombia (10 collections)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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