Biology:Didelphodus
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Didelphodus is an extinct genus of eutherian mammal that inhabited North America and Europe during the Eocene epoch. It was insectivorous.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus Didelphodus was erected by E. D. Cope in 1882, with the type species Deltatherium absarokae transferred to his new genus.[1] The genus has been placed in the family Leptictidae[2] or in the family Cimolestidae.[1]
Species placed in the genus include:[2][1]
- Didelphodus absarokae (Cope, 1881) (type species)
- Didelphodus caloris Gingerich, Folie & Smith, 2023
- Didelphodus rheos Storer, 1995
- Didelphodus serus Storer, 1984
Palaeoecology
Based on its dental morphology and enamel δ18O values, Didelphodus had an insectivorous diet.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gingerich, Philip D.; Folie, Annelise; Smith, Thierry (2023). "Didelphodus caloris, New Species (Mammalia, Cimolesta), from the Wasatchian WA–0 Fauna of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming". Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 35 (2): 34–45. https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/178289/ContributionsVol35No2_low%20res.pdf. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "†Didelphodus Cope 1882 (eutherian)". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40236.
- ↑ Secord, Ross; Wing, Scott L.; Chew, Amy (Spring 2008). "Stable isotopes in early Eocene mammals as indicators of forest canopy structure and resource partitioning" (in en). Paleobiology 34 (2): 282–300. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034[0282:SIIEEM2.0.CO;2]. ISSN 0094-8373. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/paleobiology/article/abs/stable-isotopes-in-early-eocene-mammals-as-indicators-of-forest-canopy-structure-and-resource-partitioning/745A8C47656B7D19D648F2DD77628E5F. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
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