Antarctodolops Explained

Antarctodolops is an extinct genus of polydolopimorphian metatherian similar to, but not closely related to, the living shrew opossums.[1] It lived on Seymour Island, Antarctica in the Eocene.[2] Two species, Antarctodolops dailyi and Antarctodolops mesetaense, have been found. These species were different sizes, with A. mesetaense being the larger.

Notes and References

  1. Goin . Francisco J. . Candela . Adriana M. . Abello . M. Alejandra . Oliveira . Edison V. . Earliest South American paucituberculatans and their significance in the understanding of 'pseudodiprotodont' marsupial radiations . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 2009 . 155 . 4 . 867–884 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00471.x . free .
  2. L. Chornogubsky, F. J. Goin, and M. Reguero. 2009. A reassessment of Antarctic polydolopid marsupials (Middle Eocene, La Meseta Formation). Antarctic Science 21(3):285-297

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