Antarctodon
20252812025281Antarctodon (†Antarctodon (M. Bond et al. 2011))
Order: Astrapotheria
Family: Astrapotheriidae
Dimensions: weight ~ 30 kg
Temporal range: during the Early Eocene-Late Eocene (~48.6–37.2 Ma, South America, Seymour Peninsula)
A typical representative: †Antarctodon sobrali
Antarctodon is an extinct genus of mammals from the Early Eocene. It is a basal astrapotherian which lived in what is now Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula, at that moment still connected to South America where most of the astrapotherians were found. It was first named by Mariano Bond, Alejandro Kramarz, Ross D. E. MacPhee and Marcelo Reguero in 2011 and the type species is Antarctodon sobrali.
Antarctodon (†Antarctodon (M. Bond et al. 2011))
Order: Astrapotheria
Family: Astrapotheriidae
Dimensions: weight ~ 30 kg
Temporal range: during the Early Eocene-Late Eocene (~48.6–37.2 Ma, South America, Seymour Peninsula)
A typical representative: †Antarctodon sobrali
Antarctodon is an extinct genus of mammals from the Early Eocene. It is a basal astrapotherian which lived in what is now Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula, at that moment still connected to South America where most of the astrapotherians were found. It was first named by Mariano Bond, Alejandro Kramarz, Ross D. E. MacPhee and Marcelo Reguero in 2011 and the type species is Antarctodon sobrali.