Hondalagus

Hondalagus
Temporal range: Mid Miocene (Laventan)
~13.8–11.8 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Superorder: Ameridelphia
Order: Paucituberculata
Suborder: †Simpsonitheria
Superfamily: †Argyrolagoidea
Family: †Argyrolagidae
Genus: †Hondalagus
Marshall & Villarroel, 1988
Species
  • †H. altiplanensis
    Marshall & Villarroel, 1988 (type)

Hondalagus is an extinct genus of marsupial mammals that lived during the Middle Miocene epoch (Laventan) in South America. Their fossils were found in the Honda Group at Quebrada Honda, in southern Bolivia.[1] Hondalagus represents the smallest and most specialized member of the extinct family Argyrolagidae.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hondalagus at Fossilworks.org
  2. ↑ Villarroel C.A. y Marshall, L.G. (1988) A New Argyrolagoid (Mammalia: Marsupialia) from the Middle Miocene of Bolivia. Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 62, No. 3:463–467
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