# Didelphodus

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***Didelphodus*** is an [extinct](/source/Extinction) [genus](/source/Genus) of [eutherian](/source/Eutheria) [mammal](/source/Mammal) that inhabited North America and Europe during the [Eocene](/source/Eocene) [epoch](/source/Epoch_(geology)). It was [insectivorous](/source/Insectivore).[1]

## Taxonomy

The genus *Didelphodus* was erected by [E. D. Cope](/source/Edward_Drinker_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](/source/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](/source/%CE%9418O) values, *Didelphodus* had an [insectivorous](/source/Insectivore) diet.[3]

## References

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"](https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/178289/ContributionsVol35No2_low%20res.pdf). *Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan*. **35** (2): 34–45. Retrieved 2024-11-13.

1. ["†*Didelphodus* Cope 1882 (eutherian)"](https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40236). *Paleobiology Database*. Retrieved 2024-11-13.

1. Secord, Ross; Wing, Scott L.; Chew, Amy (Spring 2008). ["Stable isotopes in early Eocene mammals as indicators of forest canopy structure and resource partitioning"](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/paleobiology/article/abs/stable-isotopes-in-early-eocene-mammals-as-indicators-of-forest-canopy-structure-and-resource-partitioning/745A8C47656B7D19D648F2DD77628E5F). *[Paleobiology](/source/Paleobiology_(journal))*. **34** (2): 282–300. [doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034\[0282:SIIEEM](https://doi.org/10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034%5B0282:SIIEEM%5D2.0.CO;2)2.0.CO;2]. [ISSN 0094-8373](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0094-8373). Retrieved 12 November 2024. – via Cambridge Core.

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