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Didolodus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
†Didolodontidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
†Meridiungulata

Rank
  
Genus

Didolodus httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Similar
  
Hyopsodontidae, Trigonostylops, Notostylops, Thomashuxleya, Carodnia

Didolodus is an extinct genus of mammal from Argentina during the Eocene. It is an ungulate mammal of uncertain affinities, possibly related to Litopterna, though this is uncertain due to the lack of reliable post-cranial remains, and for now remains Meridiungulata incertae sedis. Its remains were found in Patagonia.

Didolodus was a quick-footed creature which probably lived like early ungulates such as Propalaeotherium, based on its highly similar teeth. It was around 60 centimetres (2.0 ft) in length, with short limbs and a long tail.

Phylogeny

Cladogram after Gelfo and Sigé, 2011:

References

Didolodus Wikipedia