Family Microbiotheriidae Ameghino 1887 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Microbiotheria - Microbiotheriidae

Alternative spelling: Microbiotheridae

Parent taxon: Microbiotheria according to M. S. Y. Springer et al. 1994

See also Abello et al. 2012, Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1897, Goin et al. 2010, Goin and Abello 2013, Goin et al. 1999, Goin et al. 2006, Marshall 1982, McKenna and Bell 1997, Nowak 1991 and Oliveira and Goin 2011

Sister taxon: Woodburnodontidae

Subtaxa: Clenia Clenialitidae Dromiciops Eomicrobiotherium Khasia Kirutherium Microbiotheriinae Microbiotherium Mirandatherium Oligobiotherium Pachybiotherium

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (21 collections), Chile (1), Colombia (1)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Peru (2)

• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Argentina (4), Brazil (1)

• Paleocene of Bolivia (1)

Total: 35 collections including 70 occurrences

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