Polydolopimorphia

Polydolopimorphia
Temporal range: Paleocene– Pliocene, 66–2.5 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Clade:Metatheria
Order:†Polydolopimorphia
Archer, 1984
Suborders

Bonapartheriiformes Polydolopiformes

Polydolopimorphia is an extinct order of Metatherians, more closely related to extant Marsupials than other extinct mammals. Known from the Paleocene-Pliocene of South America and the Eocene of Antarctica, they were a diverse group during the Paleogene, filling many niches, before declining and becoming extinct at the end of the Neogene.[1] It is divided into two suborders, Bonapartheriiformes, and Polydolopiformes [2]

Taxonomy

  • Suborder Bonapartheriiformes
    • Genus Epidolops
    • Genus Bonapartherium
    • Genus Prepidolops
    • Genus Klohnia
    • Genus Proargyrolagus
    • Genus Microtragulus
    • Genus Argyrolagus
    • Genus Rosendolops
  • Suborder Polydolopiformes
    • Genus Polydolops
    • Genus Sillustania
    • Genus Roberthoffstetteria

References

  1. ↑ Beck, Robin M. D. (2016). "The Skull of Epidolops ameghinoi from the Early Eocene Itaboraí Fauna, Southeastern Brazil, and the Affinities of the Extinct Marsupialiform Order Polydolopimorphia". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 24 (4): 373–414. doi:10.1007/s10914-016-9357-6. ISSN 1064-7554.
  2. ↑ Chornogubsky, Laura; Goin, Francisco J. (2015). "A review of the molar morphology and phylogenetic affinities of Sillustania quechuense(Metatheria, Polydolopimorphia, Sillustaniidae), from the early Paleogene of Laguna Umayo, southeastern Peru". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35 (6): e983238. doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.983238. ISSN 0272-4634.
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