Epidolops

Epidolops Temporal range: 58.7–57.0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
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 monotypic genus of polydolopimorphian metatherian that lived during the Paleogene in what is now South America.

Distribution

Epidolops ameghinoi is known from the Itaboraí fossil site of Brazil. ^[1] Epidolops fossils have also been found in the Las Flores Formation of Argentina. ^[2]

References

1. Bergqvist, Lílian Paglarelli; Carneiro, Leonardo M.; Zanesco, Tábata; Castro, Luis Otávio Resende; de Oliveira, João Alves (27 November 2024). "Revisiting old data to unveil the history and age of the Itaboraí Basin fossil mammals". Journal of Mammalian Evolution . 31 (4). doi:10.1007/s10914-024-09738-z. ISSN   1064-7554 . Retrieved 13 April 2026– via Springer Nature Link.
2. "Epidolops". Paleobiology Database . Retrieved 25 November 2023.

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