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{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}
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{{speciesbox
| image = Umayodus tooth.png
| image_caption = Tooth of ''Umayodus''
| name = ''Umayodus''
| fossil_range = [[Paleocene|Late Paleocene]]-[[Eocene|Early Eocene]] ([[Itaboraian]]-[[Casamayoran]])<br>~{{fossil range|58.7|48.6}}
| genus = Umayodus
| parent_authority = Gelfo & Sigé, [[2011 in paleontology|2011]]
| authority = Gelfo & Sigé, 2011
| species = raimondi
}}
'''''Umayodus''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[condylarthra|"condylarth"]] [[mammal]] from the late [[Paleocene]] or the earliest [[Eocene]].<ref name=FWUmayodus>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=246057 ''Umayodus''] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref> It is a [[Didolodontidae|didolodontid]] which lived in what is now [[Peru]]. It is known from the [[holotype]] LU3-801, an isolated right [[third molar]], which was found in the [[Muñani Formation]] of [[Laguna Umayo]], [[Peru]]. It was first named by Javier N. Gelfo and Bernard Sigé in [[2011 in paleontology|2011]] and the [[type species]] is ''Umayodus raimondi''.<ref name=Umayodus>{{Cite journal|author=Javier N. Gelfo and Bernard Sigé |year=2011 |title=A new didolodontid mammal from the late Paleocene–earliest Eocene of Laguna Umayo, Peru |url=http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100067.pdf |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=56 |issue=4 |pages=665–678 |doi=10.4202/app.2010.0067 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
== Phylogeny ==
[[Cladogram]] after Gelfo and Sigé, 2011:<ref name=Umayodus/>
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|1={{clade
|1=''[[Protungulatum]]''
|2={{clade
|1=''[[Phenacodus]]''
|label2=[[Kollpaniinae]]
|2={{clade
|1=''[[Simoclaenus]]''
|2={{clade
|1=''[[Molinodus]]''
|2={{clade
|1=''[[Tiuclaenus]]''
|2={{clade
|1=''[[Andinodus]]''
|2=''[[Pucanodus]]'' }} }} }} }}
|label3=[[Didolodontidae]]
|3={{clade
|1=''[[Paulacoutoia]]''
|2=''[[Lamegoia]]''
|3=''[[Paulogervaisia]]''
|4=''[[Didolodus]]''
|5=''[[Ernestokokenia]]''
|6={{clade
|1=''[[Escribania|Escribania chubutensis]]''
|2={{clade
|1=''[[Escribania|Escribania talonicuspis]]''
|2={{clade
|1=''[[Raulvaccia]]''
|2='''''Umayodus''''' }} }} }} }} }} }} }}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Didolodontids]]
[[Category:Paleocene mammals]]
[[Category:Paleocene first appearances]]
[[Category:Eocene genus extinctions]]
[[Category:Paleocene mammals of South America]]
[[Category:Eocene mammals of South America]]
[[Category:Casamayoran]]
[[Category:Riochican]]
[[Category:Itaboraian]]
[[Category:Paleogene Peru]]
[[Category:Fossils of Peru]]
[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 2011]]
[[Category:Prehistoric placental genera]]
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