Oligobiotherium Ameghino 1902 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Microbiotheria - Microbiotheriidae

Synonym: Microbiotheridion Ringuelet 1953

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Première contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique des couches à Colpodon [First contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Colopdon Beds]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:71-141

Parent taxon: Microbiotheriidae according to F. J. Goin and M. A. Abello 2013

See also Ameghino 1902 and Marshall 1982

Sister taxa: Clenia, Clenialitidae, Dromiciops, Eomicrobiotherium, Khasia, Kirutherium, Microbiotheriinae, Microbiotherium, Mirandatherium, Pachybiotherium

Subtaxa: Oligobiotherium divisum

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Type: Oligobiotherium divisus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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