Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Caenolestidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142
Parent taxon: Epanorthidae according to F. Ameghino 1904
See also Goin et al. 2010 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Caenolestes, Caenolestinae, Caenolestoides, Eomannodon, Gaimanlestes, Perulestes, Pliolestes, Progarzonia, Rhyncholestes, Stilotherium, Metaepanorthus, Essoprion, Palaepanorthus, Halmaselus, Halmadromus, Prepanorthus, Epanorthus, Paraepanorthus, Callomenus
Subtaxa: Pilchenia antiqua Pilchenia intermedia Pilchenia lobata Pilchenia lucina
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Argentina (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1)
• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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