| Antarctodon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Astrapotheria |
| Genus: | †Antarctodon M. Bond et al. 2011 |
| Species: | †A. sobrali |
| Binomial name | |
| †Antarctodon sobrali M. Bond et al. 2011 | |
Antarctodon is anextinctgenus ofmammals from theEarly Eocene (lateYpresian age). It is a basalastrapotherian which lived in what is nowSeymour Island,Antarctic Peninsula, at that moment still connected toSouth America where most of the astrapotherians were found. Theholotype and only specimenMLP 08-XI-30-1, an isolated right p4 or m1, was found in the Telm 5 Member of theLa Meseta Formation inWest Antarctica.[1] It was first named by Mariano Bond, Alejandro Kramarz, Ross D. E. MacPhee and Marcelo Reguero in2011 and thetype species isAntarctodon sobrali.[2]
Cladogram after M. Bond et al. 2011:[2]
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