Dimerodon Ameghino 1889 (opossum)

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027

Parent taxon: Didelphydae according to F. Ameghino 1889

Sister taxa: Caluromyinae, Caroloameghiana, Cladodidelphys, Cryptonanus, Dasyurina, Derorhynchinae, Didelphinae, Eobrasiliinae, Herpetotheriinae, Hyladelphinae, Marmosinae, Marmosops, Marmosopsini, Peratotherium, Sparassocyninae, Sparassocynini, Thlaeodontinae, Thylamyinae

Subtaxa: Dimerodon mutiatus

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Type: Dimerodon mutiatus

Ecology: scansorial omnivore-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dimerodon in the database

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