MEGADOLODINAE Cifelli & Villarroel, 1997

Carrillo, Juan D., Suarez, Catalina, Benites-Palomino, Aldo Marcelo, Vanegas, Andrés, Link, Andrés, Rincón, Aldo F., Luque, Javier, Cooke, Siobhán B., Tallman, Melissa & Billet, Guillaume, 2023, New remains of Neotropical bunodont litopterns and the systematics of Megadolodinae (Mammalia: Litopterna), Geodiversitas 45 (15), pp. 409-447 : 416

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2023v45a15
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8319168
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scientific name	MEGADOLODINAE Cifelli & Villarroel, 1997
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Subfamily MEGADOLODINAE Cifelli & Villarroel, 1997

EMENDED DIAGNOSIS. — Bunodont litopterns with two lower incisors, the distal (lateral) being significantly larger (tusk-like) than the mesial (central). Metaconid absent on p2. Metaconule of P4 isolated. Mesostyle absent on P3-4 but present on M1-3. Strong paracone and metacone folds on upper molars. M3 with well-developed hypocone. Megadolodinae is supported by the following synapomorphies: bunodont cheek teeth; small parastyle on P3-4; and m1-3 without paralophid.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Litopterna
Family	Didolodontidae

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