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Hondalagus

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Hondalagus
Temporal range: Mid Miocene (Laventan)
~13.8–11.8 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Polydolopimorphia
Family: Argyrolagidae
Genus: Hondalagus
Marshall & Villarroel, 1988
Type species
Hondalagus altiplanensis
Marshall & Villarroel, 1988

Hondalagus is an extinct genus of mammals that lived during the Middle Miocene epoch (Laventan) in South America. Their fossils were found in the Honda Group at Quebrada Honda, in southern Bolivia.[1] Hondalagus represents the smallest and most specialized member of the extinct family Argyrolagidae.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Hondalagus at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ 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