Antarctodolops
Extinct genus of marsupial
Antarctodolops Temporal range: 48.6–37.2 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Polydolopimorphia |
Family: | †Polydolopidae |
Genus: | †Antarctodolops |
Type species | |
Antarctodolops dailyi Woodburne and Zinsmeister, 1984 | |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Eurydolops seymouriensis |
Antarctodolops is an extinct genus of polydolopimorphian metatherian similar to, but not closely related to, the living shrew opossums.[2] It lived on Seymour Island, Antarctica in the Eocene.[3] Two species, Antarctodolops dailyi and Antarctodolops mesetaense, have been found. These species were different sizes, with A. mesetaense being the larger.[3]
References
- ^ "Fossilworks:Antarctodolops".
- ^ Goin, Francisco J.; Candela, Adriana M.; Abello, M. Alejandra; Oliveira, Edison V. (2009). "Earliest South American paucituberculatans and their significance in the understanding of 'pseudodiprotodont' marsupial radiations". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 155 (4): 867–884. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00471.x.
- ^ a b L. Chornogubsky, F. J. Goin, and M. Reguero. 2009. A reassessment of Antarctic polydolopid marsupials (Middle Eocene, La Meseta Formation). Antarctic Science 21(3):285-297
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