Polydolopimorphia

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]

Polydolopimorphia
Temporal range: PaleocenePliocene, 66–2.5 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Metatheria
Clade: Marsupialiformes
Order: Polydolopimorphia
Archer, 1984
Subgroups
  • Apeirodon?
  • Pujatodon?
  • Bonapartheriiformes
  • Polydolopiformes

Taxonomy

Taxonomical subdivision of the Polydolopimorphia:[3]

  • Suborder Bonapartheriiformes
    • Family Bonapartheriidae Pascual 1980
      • Genus Bonapartherium Pascual 1980
      • Genus Epidolops Paula Couto 1952
    • Family Argyrolagidae Ameghino 1904
      • Genus Anargyrolagus Carlini et al. 2007
      • Genus Argyrolagus Ameghino 1904
      • Genus Hondalagus Villarroel & Marshall 1988
      • Genus Klohnia Flynn & Wyss 1999
      • Genus Microtragulus Ameghino 1904
      • Genus Proargyrolagus Wolff 1984
    • Subfamily Chulpasiinae Sigé et al. 2009
      • Genus Chulpasia Crochet & Sigé 1993
      • Genus Thylacotinga Archer et al. 1993
    • Family Prepidolopidae Pascual 1980
      • Genus Incadolops Goin & Candela 2004
      • Genus Perrodelphys Goin et al. 1999
      • Genus Punadolops Goin et al. 1998
    • Family Rosendolopidae Goin et al. 2010
      • Genus Hondonadia Goin & Candela 1998
      • Genus Rosendolops Goin & Candela 1996
  • Suborder Polydolopiformes
    • Family Polydolopidae Ameghino 1897
      • Genus Kramadolops Goin et al. 2010
      • Genus Polydolops Ameghino 1897
      • Genus Antarctodolops Woodburne and Zinsmeister 1984
    • Family Sillustaniidae Crochet & Sigé 1996
      • Genus Sillustania Crochet & Sigé 1996
      • Genus Roberthoffstetteria Marshall et al. 1983
  • incertae sedis
    • Genus Prepidolops Pascual 1980
    • Genus Wamradolops Goin & Candela 2004
    • Genus Bobbschaefferia Paula Couto 1970

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. PMC 5684316. PMID 29187780.
  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.
  3. Polydolopimorphia at Fossilworks.org
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