''Neodolodus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of extinct litoptern from the late middle

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...

of southern

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

. It was named in 1986 by Hoffstetter and Soria, for the species ''Neodolodus colombianus'' from the Castilletes Formation and the La Victoria and Villavieja Formations of the Honda Group. The

type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...

''N. colombianus'' is known from a right mandibular ramus, teeth, and part of the fore- and hindlimbs. ''Neodolodus'' has been classified as a species of '' Prothoatherium'' or '' Lambdaconus'', but was recognized as a distinct genus by McGrath and colleagues in 2020. The taxon was recovered in a phylogenetic analysis as the sister taxon of '' Protheosodon'', between other proterotheriid genera like '' Picturotherium'' and '' Anisolophus''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q97183319 Proterotheriids Miocene mammals of South America Neogene Colombia Fossils of Colombia Laventan Honda Group, Colombia Prehistoric placental genera Fossil taxa described in 1986