Hondalagus

Hondalagus
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Metatheria
Superorder: Ameridelphia
Order: Paucituberculata
Suborder: †Simpsonitheria
Superfamily: †Argyrolagoidea
Family: †Argyrolagidae
Genus: Hondalagus
(Marshall & Villarroel, 1988)
species
  • Hondalagus altiplanensis
    Marshall & Villarroel, 1988 (type species)

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

References

    • 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
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