Didelphodus

Didelphodus; Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Cimolesta
Family:	†Cimolestidae
Genus:	†Didelphodus; Cope, 1882

Didelphodus is an extinct genus of eutherian mammal that inhabited North America and Europe during the Eocene epoch. It was insectivorous.

Taxonomy

The genus Didelphodus was erected by E. D. Cope in 1882, with the type species Deltatherium absarokae transferred to his new genus. The genus has been placed in the family Leptictidae or in the family Cimolestidae.

Species placed in the genus include:

Didelphodus absarokae (Cope, 1881) (type species)
Didelphodus caloris Gingerich, Folie & Smith, 2023
Didelphodus rheos Storer, 1995
Didelphodus serus Storer, 1984

Palaeoecology

Based on its dental morphology and enamel δ¹⁸O values, Didelphodus had an insectivorous diet.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gingerich, Philip D.; Folie, Annelise & Smith, Thierry (2023). "Didelphodus caloris, New Species (Mammalia, Cimolesta), from the Wasatchian WA–0 Fauna of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming" (PDF). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 35 (2): 34–45. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
^ ^a ^b "†Didelphodus Cope 1882 (eutherian)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
^ Secord, Ross; Wing, Scott L.; Chew, Amy (Spring 2008). "Stable isotopes in early Eocene mammals as indicators of forest canopy structure and resource partitioning". Paleobiology. 34 (2): 282–300. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034[0282:SIIEEM]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0094-8373. Retrieved 12 November 2024 – via Cambridge Core.

[GingFoliSmit23-1] Gingerich, Philip D.; Folie, Annelise & Smith, Thierry (2023). "Didelphodus caloris, New Species (Mammalia, Cimolesta), from the Wasatchian WA–0 Fauna of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming" (PDF). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 35 (2): 34–45. Retrieved 2024-11-13.

[PDB_40236-2] "†Didelphodus Cope 1882 (eutherian)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2024-11-13.

[3] Secord, Ross; Wing, Scott L.; Chew, Amy (Spring 2008). "Stable isotopes in early Eocene mammals as indicators of forest canopy structure and resource partitioning". Paleobiology. 34 (2): 282–300. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034[0282:SIIEEM]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0094-8373. Retrieved 12 November 2024 – via Cambridge Core.