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Acoelodus is an extinct genus of placental mammal, belonging to the order Notoungulata. The genus was first described by Florentino Ameghino in 1897. Its fossilized remains were discovered in Casamayoran terrains from Argentine Patagonia.[1]
Acoelodus Temporal range: Early-Middle Eocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Notoungulata |
Genus: | †Acoelodus Ameghino 1897 |
Type species | |
Acoelodus oppositus Ameghino, 1897
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References
edit- ^ Ameghino, Florentino (1897). "Mammiféres crétacés de l'Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]". Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino. 18 (4–9): 406–521.