Pozodolops

Pozodolops
Temporal range: Bartonian–Chattian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Polydolopimorphia
Family: †Wamradolopidae
Genus: †Pozodolops
Species:
†P. manuelorum
Binomial name
†Pozodolops manuelorum
Stutz et al., 2026

Pozodolops is an extinct monotypic genus of wamradolopid metatherian that lived in South America during the Eocene and Oligocene epochs.

Description

Pozodolops was extremely small in body mass, weighing between 3 and 55 g. It had an extremely long P3 and P3 relative to M1 and M1 respectively. Its molars were bunodont, with its maxillary molars possessing metaconules that were large in size and lingually displaced, though that did not reach the level of the protocone lingually. The metaconules also had a developed postmetaconular crest, while lacking a premetaconular crest or possessing only a very small one.[1]

References

  1. ^ Stutz, Narla S.; Ribeiro, Ana M.; Charruault, Anne-Lise; Boivin, Myriam; Pujos, François; Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo; Tejada, Julia; Benites-Palomino, Aldo; Orliac, Maëva J.; Varas-Malca, Rafael; Marivaux, Laurent; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier (1 April 2026). "Hidden diversity of Palaeogene metatherians: a new family of polydolopimorphian marsupials from Peruvian Amazonia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 206 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag006. ISSN 0024-4082. Retrieved 2 May 2026 – via Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society.
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