Antarctodolops is an extinct genus of polydolopimorphian metatherian similar to, but not closely related to, the living shrew opossums.[2] It lived on Seymour Island, Antarctica in the Eocene.[3] Two species, Antarctodolops dailyi and Antarctodolops mesetaense, have been found. These species were different sizes, with A. mesetaense being the larger.[3]
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Antarctodolops dailyi Woodburne and Zinsmeister, 1984
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Eurydolops seymouriensis |