Hondalagus

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Hondalagus
Temporal range:
Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Polydolopimorpha
Suborder:
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
Hondalagus

Marshall & Villarroel 1988
Type species
Hondalagus altiplanensis
Marshall & Villarroel 1988

Hondalagus is an extinct genus of marsupial mammals that lived during the Middle Miocene epoch (Laventan) in South America. Their fossils were found in the Honda Group at Quebrada Honda, in southern Bolivia.[1] Hondalagus represents the smallest and most specialized member of the extinct family Argyrolagidae.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hondalagus at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Villarroel C.A. y Marshall, L.G. (1988) A New Argyrolagoid (Mammalia: Marsupialia) from the Middle Miocene of Bolivia. Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 62, No. 3:463–467