Alcidedorbignya

Alcidedorbignya
Temporal range: Early Paleocene (Tiupampan)
~66–61.7 Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Pantodonta
Genus: †Alcidedorbignya
de Muizon and Marshall, 1987
Species:
†A. inopinata
Binomial name
†Alcidedorbignya inopinata
de Muizon and Marshall, 1987

Alcidedorbignya is an extinct pantodont mammal known from the Early Paleocene (Tiupampan SALMA, 65.5 to 61.7 million years ago) Santa Lucia Formation (18°00′S 65°36′W / 18.0°S 65.6°W / -18.0; -65.6, paleocoordinates 20°42′S 52°30′W / 20.7°S 52.5°W / -20.7; -52.5)[1] at Tiupampa near Mizque, Cochabamba, Bolivia.[2]

Following a naming convention established by pioneering Argentine palaeontologist Florentino Ameghino (i.e. combining the first name and surname of a prominent scientist),[3] the genus name honours French naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny.[4]

  1. ^ Tiupampa site 1, the “quarry” (Paleocene of Bolivia) in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  2. ^ Muizon & Marshall 1992, Abstract
  3. ^ Rose 2006, p. 230
  4. ^ "Alcidedorbignya". Paleofile.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved 14 July 2013.