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Allalmeia fossil map

Where fossils of Allalmeia have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 45 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 45 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Allalmeia
Image: Lmalena, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived42–36 million years ago (Lutetian to Priabonian)
PeriodsPaleogene
Named byRusconi 1946
Fossil records2 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inArgentina
Rock formationsDivisadero Largo

About Allalmeia

Allalmeia was a small notoungulate mammal of around 3 kilograms. It lived in Mendoza Province, Argentina (Divisadero Largo Formation) during the Late Eocene. Allalmeia belonged to the Oldfieldthomasiidae family within the suborder Typotheria.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Allalmeia (revision 1315934921), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q16529001.

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