Didolodontidae

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Family:Didolodontidae
Savage, 1951
Didolodontidae
Temporal range: Selandian–Priabonian
Didolodus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Meridiungulata
Family: Didolodontidae
Savage, 1951
Genera

Didolodontidae is a possibly paraphyletic family of "condylarth" mammals known from the Paleogene of South America,[2][3] with most specimens known from Argentina. They were generally small-medium in body size, and had a bunodont dentition. A close relationship with litopterns has been suggested by some studies.[4] They range in age from the early Paleocene (Selandian/Peligran) to late Eocene (Priabonian/Mustersan). The attribution of Salladolodus deuterotheroides from the Late Oligocene of Bolivia to the family is doubtful.[5]

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