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.^[1]

Taxonomy

The genus Didelphodus was erected by E. D. Cope in 1882, with the type species Deltatherium absarokae transferred to his new genus.^[1] The genus has been placed in the family Leptictidae^[2] or in the family Cimolestidae.^[1]

Species placed in the genus include:^[2]^[1]

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.^[3]

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.

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