Biology:Umayodus

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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals


Umayodus
Temporal range: Late Paleocene-Early Eocene (Itaboraian-Casamayoran)
~58.7–48.6 Ma
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Tooth of Umayodus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Family: Didolodontidae
Genus: Umayodus
Gelfo & Sigé, 2011
Species:
U. raimondi
Binomial name
Umayodus raimondi
Gelfo & Sigé, 2011

Umayodus is an extinct genus of "condylarth" mammal from the late Paleocene or the earliest Eocene.[1] It is a didolodontid which lived in what is now Peru. It is known from the holotype LU3-801, an isolated right third molar, which was found in the Muñani Formation of Laguna Umayo, Peru. It was first named by Javier N. Gelfo and Bernard Sigé in 2011 and the type species is Umayodus raimondi.[2]

Phylogeny

Cladogram after Gelfo and Sigé, 2011:[2]

Protungulatum

Phenacodus

Kollpaniinae

Simoclaenus

Molinodus

Tiuclaenus

Andinodus

Pucanodus

Didolodontidae

Paulacoutoia

Lamegoia

Paulogervaisia

Didolodus

Ernestokokenia

Escribania chubutensis

Escribania talonicuspis

Raulvaccia

Umayodus

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7881217 entry