Epidolops is an extinct monotypic genus of polydolopimorphian metatherian that lived during the Paleogene in what is now South America.
Distribution
Epidolops ameghinoi is known from the Itaboraí fossil site of Brazil.[1] Epidolops fossils have also been found in the Las Flores Formation of Argentina.[2]
References
- ^ Bergqvist, Lílian Paglarelli; Carneiro, Leonardo M.; Zanesco, Tábata; Castro, Luis Otávio Resende; de Oliveira, João Alves (27 November 2024). “Revisiting old data to unveil the history and age of the Itaboraí Basin fossil mammals”. Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 31 (4). doi:10.1007/s10914-024-09738-z. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 13 April 2026 – via Springer Nature Link.
- ^ “Epidolops“. Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 25 November 2023.