Tricoelodus

Tricoelodus
Temporal range: Late Oligocene (Deseadan)
~28.4–24.0 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Litopterna
Family: †Adianthidae
Subfamily: †Adianthinae
Genus: †Tricoelodus
Type species
†Tricoelodus bicuspidatus
Ameghino, 1897
Species
  • †Tricoelodus bicuspidatus Ameghino, 1897
  • †Tricoelodus boliviensis Cifelli & Soria, 1983

Tricoelodus is an extinct genus of adianthid litopterns that lived during the Late Oligocene in what is now Argentina and Bolivia. Fossils of this genus have been found in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina and the Salla Formation of Bolivia.[1]

  1. ^ Cifelli, Richard; Soria, Miguel Fernando (1983). "Systematics of the Adianthidae (Litopterna, Mammalia)". American Museum Novitates (2771): 1–25. hdl:2246/5255.