Didymoconus
Extinct genus of mammal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Didymoconus is an extinct genus of mammal that lived during the early Oligocene epoch. It was endemic to Asia, and its fossils have been found in Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan.[1] It is the type genus of the Didymoconidae, a family of eutherian mammals with uncertain taxonomic affinities.[2]
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Holotype skull of D. colgatei | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Family: | †Didymoconidae |
Subfamily: | †Didymoconinae |
Genus: | †Didymoconus Matthew & Granger, 1924 |
Type species | |
†Didymoconus colgatei Matthew & Granger, 1924 | |
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