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Acoelodus
Temporal range: Early-Middle Eocene
~48–37 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Notoungulata
Genus: †Acoelodus
Ameghino 1897
Type species
Acoelodus oppositus
Ameghino, 1897
Species
  • A. debilitatus Ameghino 1901
  • A. oppositus Ameghino 1897
  • A. proclivus Ameghino 1902
  • A. terminalis Ameghino 1902

Acoelodus is an extinct genus of placental mammal, belonging to the order Notoungulata. The genus was first described by Florentino Ameghino in 1897. Its fossilized remains were discovered in Casamayoran terrains from Argentine Patagonia.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ameghino, Florentino (1897). "Mammiféres crétacés de l'Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]". Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino. 18 (4–9): 406–521.



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