Umayodus
Umayodus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Family: | †Didolodontidae |
Genus: | †Umayodus Gelfo & Sigé, 2011 |
Species: | †U. raimondi
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Binomial name | |
†Umayodus raimondi Gelfo & Sigé, 2011
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Umayodus is an extinct genus of "condylarth" mammal from the late Paleocene or the earliest Eocene.[1] It is a didolodontid which lived in what is now Peru. It is known from the holotype LU3-801, an isolated right third molar, which was found in the of , Peru. It was first named by Javier N. Gelfo and Bernard Sigé in 2011 and the type species is Umayodus raimondi.[2]
Phylogeny[]
Cladogram after Gelfo and Sigé, 2011:[2]
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References[]
- ^ Umayodus at Fossilworks.org
- ^ a b Javier N. Gelfo and Bernard Sigé (2011). "A new didolodontid mammal from the late Paleocene–earliest Eocene of Laguna Umayo, Peru" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (4): 665–678. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0067.
Categories:
- Condylarths
- Paleocene mammals
- Paleocene first appearances
- Eocene genus extinctions
- Paleocene mammals of South America
- Eocene mammals of South America
- Casamayoran
- Riochican
- Itaboraian
- Paleogene Peru
- Fossils of Peru
- Fossil taxa described in 2011
- Prehistoric placental genera
- Prehistoric mammal stubs