†order Xenungulata Paula Couto 1952 (placental)

Mammalia - Xenungulata

Full reference: C. d. Paula Couto. 1952. Fossil mammals from the beginning of the Cenozoic in Brazil. Condylarthra, Litopterna, Xenungulata, and Astrapotheria. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 99(6):355-394

Parent taxon: Sudamericungulata according to L. S. Avilla and D. Mothé 2021

See also Carroll 1988, McKenna 1975 and Schoch and Lucas 1985

Sister taxa: Astrapotheria, Notoungulata, Pyrotheria

Subtaxa: Carodniidae Etayoa Etayoidae Notoetayoa

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (1), Peru (1)

• Paleocene of Argentina (2), Colombia (1)

Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences

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