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Extinct genus of South American metatherian

Epidolops
Temporal range: 58.7–57.0 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Polydolopimorphia
Family: Bonapartheriidae
Genus: Epidolops
Paula Couto, 1952
Species: E. ameghinoi
Binomial name
Epidolops ameghinoi
Paula Couto, 1952

Epidolops is an extinct genus of polydolopimorphian metatherian that lived during the Paleogene in what is now South America. Epidolops fossils have been found in the Las Flores Formation of Argentina.

References

  1. "Epidolops". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
Metatheria
Synapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Metatheria
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Metatheria
Metatheria
Deltatheroida
Deltatheridiidae
Marsupialiformes
Sparassodonta
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Asiatheriidae
Archimetatheria
Stagodontidae
Pediomyoidea
Peradectidae
Alphadontidae
Herpetotheriidae
Anatoliadelphyidae
Polydolopimorphia
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Marsupialia
Didelphodon vorax

Alphadon sp.

Herpetotherium fugax
Sparassodonta
Sparassodonta
Hathliacynidae
Borhyaenoidea
Borhyaenidae
Proborhyaenidae
Thylacosmilidae
Thylacosmilus atrox
Polydolopimorphia
Polydolopimorphia
Bonapartheriiformes
Bonapartheriidae
Argyrolagidae
Chulpasiinae
Prepidolopidae
Rosendolopidae
Polydolopiformes
Polydolopidae
Sillustaniidae
Taxon identifiers
Epidolops
Epidolops ameghinoi


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