Didolodontidae | |
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Didolodus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | †Meridiungulata |
Family: | †Didolodontidae Savage, 1951 |
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Didolodontidae is a possibly paraphyletic family of "condylarth" mammals known from the Paleogene of South America,[2][3] with most specimens known from Argentina. They were generally small-medium in body size, and had a bunodont dentition. A close relationship with litopterns has been suggested by some studies.[4] They range in age from the early Paleocene (Selandian/Peligran) to late Eocene (Priabonian/Mustersan). The attribution of Salladolodus deuterotheroides from the Late Oligocene of Bolivia to the family is doubtful.[5]