Saltaodus sirolli Gelfo et al. 2020 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Didolodontidae

Full reference: J. N. Gelfo, R. N. Alonso, R. H. Madden and A. A. Carlini. 2020. An Eocene Bunodont South American Native Ungulate (Didolodontidae) from the Lumbrera Formation, Salta Province, Argentina. Ameghiniana 57(2):132-145

Belongs to Saltaodus according to J. N. Gelfo et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MLP 98-XI-1-1, a mandible (left dentary). Its type locality is Corte Blanco, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian floodplain limestone/marl in the Lumbrera Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Corte Blanco

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