Etayoa
| Etayoa Temporal range: Early Eocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Subclass: | Theria |
| Infraclass: | Eutheria |
| Superorder: | †Meridiungulata |
| Order: | †Xenungulata |
| Family: | †Carodniidae |
| Genus: | †Etayoa Villarroel[1] |
| Type species | |
| Etayoa bacatensis | |
Etayoa is an ungulate of the family Carodniidae in the order Xenungulata that lived during the Early Eocene (~ 55 Ma) in northern South America.
The type species fossil specimen consists of a partial mandible with teeth, found in the Bogotá Formation near Bogotá, Colombia. The estimated size of the ungulate is the size of a dog.[2]
Etymology
The type species Etayoa bacatensis was named by palaeontologist Carlos Villarroel after Fernando Etayo Serna, who contributed extensively to the paleontology and stratigraphy research in Colombia.[3] Bacatensis refers to Bacatá, the Chibcha name for the capital of the southern Muisca Confederation; the current Colombian capital Bogotá.
References
- ↑ 1987 - Description of Etayoa bacatensis - Paleobiology Database - accessed 21-04-2016
- ↑ (Spanish) 2011 - Un xenungulado del Paleoceno de la sabana de Bogotá - Paleontología en Colombia - accessed 21-04-2016
- ↑ (Spanish) 2012 - Etayoa bacatensis, un mamífero de hace 55 millones - Paleontología en Colombia - accessed 21-04-2016
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