Antarctodolops

Antarctodolops Temporal range: 48.6–37.2 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Polydolopimorphia
Family:	†Polydolopidae
Genus:	†Antarctodolops Woodburne and Zinsmeister, 1984
Type species
Antarctodolops dailyi Woodburne and Zinsmeister, 1984
Species
Antarctodolops dailyi Antarctodolops mesetaense

Antarctodolops is an extinct genus of polydolopimorphian metatherian similar to, but not closely related to, the living shrew opossums.^[2] It lived on Seymour Island, Antarctica in the Eocene.^[3] Two species, Antarctodolops dailyi and Antarctodolops mesetaense, have been found. These species were different sizes, with A. mesetaense being the larger.^[3]

1. ^ "Fossilworks:Antarctodolops".
2. ^ Goin, Francisco J.; Candela, Adriana M.; Abello, M. Alejandra; Oliveira, Edison V. (2009). "Earliest South American paucituberculatans and their significance in the understanding of 'pseudodiprotodont' marsupial radiations". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 155 (4): 867–884. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00471.x.
3. ^ ^{a b} L. Chornogubsky, F. J. Goin, and M. Reguero. 2009. A reassessment of Antarctic polydolopid marsupials (Middle Eocene, La Meseta Formation). Antarctic Science 21(3):285-297

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